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This merger CAN NOT be allowed to go through

Ghosthendrikson

Jul 24, 2011, 1:50 PM
But more importantly, none of these carriers are even a blip on either AT&T or Verizon's radar. And what I mean by that, is that their capacity as a company to offer significant challenges to AT&T or Verizon's customer base is a pipe dream. Do you know why most of these companies are up and running? Because they're willing to take on the customers that AT&T and Verizon are unwilling to accept with out paying a heft up front deposit.

Bottom line: This merger, if successful, will be VERY bad for the consumers. All the fanboys (on both sides) might try to tell you this will bring about good things, clearly have no idea how the corporate world works.

This will KILL competition in price point, phone selection, and network services / capab...
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HawkeyeOC

Jul 24, 2011, 2:21 PM
I wouldn't go so far as to assume this assures a new era of the "Ma Bell" years. Back then when you moved into your new house, you HAD to call the one company that serviced the area. There were no choices.

It's not doomsday, but less competition is not great for the average consumer either, but yet there still is competition. If Big Red or AT&T merge and this one goes through unchecked then we have a problem. Then at that point the "new age ma bell" would be then broken up.

Time will tell. We saw this in the '90's with several large players and a bunch of small startups.
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Slammer

Jul 24, 2011, 5:56 PM
---" I wouldn't go so far as to assume this assures a new era of the "Ma Bell" years."---

Then how much are people willing to allow before it gets to that point?

Some are saying It's only one more merge. What harm can it cause?

Well, how many merges does it take before it's too many merges? For these people, it appears to be an industry version of Russian Roulette. ATT is not a small company. Even though Tmobile is a distant fourth, it's still very large enough to make that one more merge with ATT a dangerous inevitable.

John B.
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HawkeyeOC

Jul 24, 2011, 8:07 PM
Slammer said:
---" I wouldn't go so far as to assume this assures a new era of the "Ma Bell" years."---

Then how much are people willing to allow before it gets to that point?

Some are saying It's only one more merge. What harm can it cause?

Well, how many merges does it take before it's too many merges? For these people, it appears to be an industry version of Russian Roulette. ATT is not a small company. Even though Tmobile is a distant fourth, it's still very large enough to make that one more merge with ATT a dangerous inevitable.

John B.


I don't think it will get to that point. If it does, I don't believe it would stay there very long. Maybe I am wrong,
I seem to remember a lot of gov...
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