I just can't help but think that all these mergers and speedy, favorable
rulings and the continued sellout of competition to at&t is little more
than a reward for it's blatantely illegal cooperation in the warrantless
wiretapping of the internet by the nsa. AT&T was broken up for some very
good reasons, and I see no reason to have allowed it's reassembly other
than the fact that it's easier to deal with one big concern than
thousands of little tiny ones when it comes to domestic spying....
Tom DeReggi wrote:
The problem isn't the final negotiation of the final hour of the merger
terms, as effort was put to add a few extras for consumers and
competitors, to take attention off the fact that consumers just got
screwed. The problem is that the merger was approved in the first place
by the justice department in October.
Today's deal closing was no surprise. But none the less one more tragic
loss for competition.
We all know any concession offered is pointless, when they can't be
inforced, once a monopoly has taken over and is in control.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Unger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] latest AT&T filing - Done Deal
Looks like it's a done deal.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061229/ap_on_bi_ge/att_bellsouth
Should be interesting to see:
1. If AT&T lives up to the terms of the deal.
2. If anybody watches to see if AT&T lives up to the terms of the deal.
3. If there's any enforcement action when somebody (assuming somebody
does watch) sees that AT&T is not living up to the terms of the deal.
4. Who gets the 2.5 GHz spectrum.
5. What the competitive telecommunications/Internet landscape looks
like 3 years from now.
jack
Jack Unger wrote:
More comments...
http://www.savetheinternet.com/=wu
http://gigaom.com/2006/12/29/att-knows-when-to-fold-em/
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=113531&WT.svl=news1_3
http://news.com.com/ATT+offers+more+for+BellSouth+deal+approval/2100-1036_3-6146271.html?tag=nefd.top
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/80579
jack
Jack Unger wrote:
Here's a "Beware the Fine Print" comment...
http://pulverblog.pulver.com/archives/006164.html
jack
Matt Liotta wrote:
http://www.fcc.gov/ATT_FINALMergerCommitments12-28.pdf
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