Yes. Ma Bell coming together again is giving me deja vu visions of the 1967 movie, The President's Analyst.
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Verizon CEO Strongly In Favor of AT&T/T-Mobile Merger
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Yes. Ma Bell coming together again is giving me deja vu visions of the 1967 movie, The President's Analyst.
Can you please define what in your view WOULD meet your standard as evidence of collusion?
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You know what? I say bring on the duopoly. All it will do is accelerate the innovation of VoIP.
You know what? I say bring on the duopoly. All it will do is accelerate the innovation of VoIP.
It really doesn't matter that the top USWEST isn't the same company as the bottom USWEST, or that SBC bought AT&T, even though the chart makes it look more like the opposite happened with the naming, the shear fact we went from one in 1984 to like two dozen in the mid nineties, and are now back down to only three speaks for itself.
It can also be argued the chart is worthless as an visual aid here because it's about POTS telephone lines moreso than wireless and doesn't even include VoiceStream -> T-Mobile or any of the other minor wireless carriers that exist today.
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I support the merger. Here's why.
1) t-mo is dying. Merger or no, t-mo in the US is not long for this world. They're not competitive.
2) t-mo isn't keeping prices down. They're a lower cost option, but vzn and AT&T already only compete against each other on price. Check the history - it's when one of them moves on price/features that the other one does. Not when t-mo (or sprint, for that matter) moves.
3) the telecom industry is something of a natural monopoly. Not that we should have a true monopoly, but the fact is that it doesn't make sense to have four companies trying to blanket the US with towers. It's tremendously inefficient.
4) there will still be low cost competition in the form of sprint and increasingly competitive regional carriers.
5) selfishly, as an AT&T customer, I want the network upgrades this will bring.
I support the merger. Here's why.
1) t-mo is dying. Merger or no, t-mo in the US is not long for this world. They're not competitive.
2) t-mo isn't keeping prices down. They're a lower cost option, but vzn and AT&T already only compete against each other on price. Check the history - it's when one of them moves on price/features that the other one does. Not when t-mo (or sprint, for that matter) moves.
3) the telecom industry is something of a natural monopoly. Not that we should have a true monopoly, but the fact is that it doesn't make sense to have four companies trying to blanket the US with towers. It's tremendously inefficient.
4) there will still be low cost competition in the form of sprint and increasingly competitive regional carriers.
5) selfishly, as an AT&T customer, I want the network upgrades this will bring.
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i'm not buying what this verizon guy says
its money driven - att and verizon support monopolies to profit and give us consumers less options
we need more competition - to drive prices down
i'm not buying what this verizon guy says
its money driven - att and verizon support monopolies to profit and give us consumers less options
we need more competition - to drive prices down
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"More competion" is a nice rallying cry, but t mobile is not going to survive regardless. They are bleeding profits and customers at an alarming rate.
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"More competion" is a nice rallying cry, but t mobile is not going to survive regardless. They are bleeding profits and customers at an alarming rate.
And what makes you think the increasingly competitive regional carriers use in order to give you competitive pricing? They lease bandwidth from one of the national networks. Do you honestly believe AT&T and Verizon will keep their prices? Those guys will get screwed up badly!
Of course
Of course Verizon is in favor of it. Nowadays, big companies think a company can't be a "monopoly" if there are two companies. e.g. one PCS company, one GSM company.
Imagine if we actually had a level playing field and actual competition.
Of course Verizon is in favor of it. Nowadays, big companies think a company can't be a "monopoly" if there are two companies. e.g. one PCS company, one GSM company.
Imagine if we actually had a level playing field and actual competition.
yeah its in his best interest if AT&T and T-Mobile would merge, why? fewer competitors, wasier to convince FCC in their favors when they have 2 voices against instead of 3... all those wireless providers are just thieves and they anly care about big profits No competition is something that they will always favor...
No competition is something that they will always favor...