"And then it would eventually come back together." That would be hilarious.

But are there not multiple phone companies now instead of just one?

They have all pretty much merged back into AT&T or Verizon. Those two companies together would be the original MA Bell.

And Centurylink.

Duopolies are bad, but I'd say still better than monopolies.

Yes, it was just a possibly funny observation that most of the entities created from the monopoly ended up back in an entity called ATT.

Reminds me of Terminator 2.

Even better, Standard Oil.