NineEx family 

Da infamous '80's-and-'90's-era northeastern-United-States mega-biz in wired communications dat had "scored a perfect ten" as far as da "number" of company-names dat it had "dialed up" (i.e., acquired) --- and then often "slammed down da receiver on" (i.e., tossed away again) --- over da decades.

Well, da 1984 radio-ad did indeed actually state dat "The Bell System is breaking up", so maybe their calling themselves da "NineEx family" isn't such a "phony" name, after all; I imagine dat da "book" of their "call history" --- i.e., past corporate-affiliation evolution --- contains a lot of "yeller pages", in dat many of da corporations dat they had previously "hung up on" were quite loudly opposed to said "disconnections"!

NineEx family by QuacksO April 7, 2025