AT&T May Divest Up to 40% of T-Mobile USA to Gain Approval

---" I doubt Sprint would have been able to pull it off and not suffer greatly for it."---

So in other words, it was ok for AT&T to remove the possibility of a Sprint/Tmobile merge, just so AT&T can break up Tmobile anyways to eliminate even more competition.

Which is worse?

Let's look at this differently.

Given Sprint CEO's recent record for putting them on a more dynamic track for network enhancement results over AT&T's, I would say Tmobile would have had a better chance at an all around survival rate by Sprint not having to liquidate as much of the carrier to comply with acquistion rules. Thus creating a more viable competitive carrier in which the industry needs rather than the complete elimination of such carrier.

John B.