At that rate might as well include hookers and blow too.
They don't want consumer-friendly concessions, just things that will give them a leg up in their business as a competitor gets larger.
I already have the 50% off of my Wireless service thru at&t.A useful demand might be to insist that AT&T U-verse/DirecTV subscribers get to have AT&T for mobile wireless carrier at 50 percent off their entire monthly bill. (People are allowed to dream.)
Your entire bill?I already have the 50% off of my Wireless service thru at&t.
No, thats Not a dream, it's reality.
If only this standard was applied to Comcast for its Comcast SportsNet Phildaelphia. (Of course there was probably more resentment when Philadelphia Phillies were winning.)The American Cable Association has urged the Federal Communications Commission to heed past AT&T-DirecTV concerns about access to regional sports networks and apply conditions to ensure the companies' proposed merger does not result in higher prices for rivals' access to DirecTV's four owned RSNs, which operate as Root Sports Northwest, Pittsburgh, Rocky Mountain and Southwest. ACA says program-access rules are not sufficient protection against the incentive and opportunity for the combined company to charge competitors -- including smaller cable operators lacking in discretionary income -- higher prices for those RSNs. In a filing in the merger docket, ACA said that "AT&T and DirecTV themselves have a long history of raising the same concerns as ACA about vertically integrated programmers, particularly with respect to access to RSN programming, the very programming assets at issue in this proceeding."
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Yup.Your entire bill?
If so...how?!
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How so are you getting 50 percent off your entire monthly bill from your mobile carrier AT&T?Yup.
That is the offer for all at&t employees ... for the last year or so I think.How so are you getting 50 percent off your entire monthly bill from your mobile carrier AT&T?
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That is the offer for all employees ... for the last year or so I think.
There is a company website to go to and put your info into it and then it gets processed.
Btw, for those interested ...
at&t is buying D*, not AT&T.
Thats OK, I'm happy with 50%.I know.
Your 50-percent-off discount is good strictly for AT&T employees.
My earlier post didn't take you, and fellow AT&T employees, into account because the majority of AT&T U-verse/DirecTV subscribers are not employed by AT&T. (But, you are welcomed to continue, in that "dream," of getting mobile wireless service at a 100 percent discount from AT&T.)
Wasn't it about a month ago or so that there was talk that the merger was IMMINENT ...What's In Store For The AT&T And DirecTV Merger Deal?
Jun. 29, 2015 1:41 AM ET |About: AT&T Inc. (T), DTV, Includes: CMCSA, TWC
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Summary
The AT&T and DirecTV merger verdict is expected to come out soon.
AT&T may have to meet certain conditions imposed by the regulatory bodies.
The merger is most likely to win FCC approval.
AT&T looks to expand its broadband exposure through the acquisition of DirecTV. The combined entity should also benefit from cost synergies.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/328...27g7:1ap1mm8:e4e10183740fe1fa57c3ea0a2a82485b
I don't think the dragging on is at&t and D* as much as the FCC.I don't think buyouts of two competing companies will ever be "next few days". In my opinion, it has actually moved pretty quickly given the circumstances.
I don't look at these two companies as competing with one another, 1 is TV in a limited area, while the other spans the US, with LOS limitations.We agree on that point. That's actually what I was referencing. They have to be careful when approving two competing companies. Will it ultimately hurt or benefit the economy. When billions are at stake... I imagine it would be one to look and assess each document both companies have.