Justice Department blocks AT&T-Mobile merger

[salsadancer7]

As a T-Mobile customer I am happy about this, didn't want to be forced back to At&T. But I didn't realize Deutsche Telekom wants to bail.....

I had AT&T for years...hell, when it use to be Cingular, and their custome service was awful.

 

[Neutron]

As a Sprint customer I'm happy about this. If this does happen, then Sprint will be the next one to get acquired.

 

[riffjim4069]

I don't think any you'll see any of the Top 5 being acquired anytime soon...

 

[NGeorge]

Sorry but this is not correct. Not all AT&T cable customers were bought by Comcast. In my area Wide Open West bought out the Americast venture not Comcast.

I thought AT&T Cable was entirely made up of the old TCI systems, which is what we have up here in Washington state. I didn't realize there were other systems at went into AT&T that Comcast didn't buy... Up here all former AT&T systems (that were TCI before that) are all Comcast. I've never heard of Americast lol

 

[JAG72]

I thought AT&T Cable was entirely made up of the old TCI systems, which is what we have up here in Washington state. I didn't realize there were other systems at went into AT&T that Comcast didn't buy... Up here all former AT&T systems (that were TCI before that) are all Comcast. I've never heard of Americast lol

Americast is what they called the AT&T (SBC) cable system in the Midwest. It was only around for a few years before they finally sold off their pieces to Wide Open West.

 

[CK SatGuy]

I thought this would be funny to post. It's a Colbert clip back from 2007 and he's making a little bit of fun out of AT&T's history. (Skip to 2:20 mark)
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/182555/january-15-2007/bears---balls---gas

 

[danielle_s]

Now that the DOJ has said, "No" I'm hoping that the FCC will follow suit ASAP with the same response!

 

[isaacmorseMI]

I thought this would be funny to post. It's a Colbert clip back from 2007 and he's making a little bit of fun out of AT&T's history. (Skip to 2:20 mark)
Bears & Balls - Gas - The Colbert Report - 2007-15-01 - Video Clip | Comedy Central

:haha

 

[CK SatGuy]

Looks like Sprint is suing AT&T and T-Mobile over the proposed merger. Sprint Sues to Block AT&T's T-Mobile Takeover - WSJ.com

 

[TheForce]

Prediction-

at&t will buy Sprint, then buy T-Mobile. Good way to quash the Sprint suit. Then get rid of the second t as they will upgrade from the telegraph to AT-Clearwire. ( otherwise known as fiber optic); finally they will buy Verizon and all the little companies and then remove the remaining t so they can call the company "America."

 

[Ramy]

Prediction-

at&t will buy Sprint, then buy T-Mobile. Good way to quash the Sprint suit. Then get rid of the second t as they will upgrade from the telegraph to AT-Clearwire. ( otherwise known as fiber optic); finally they will buy Verizon and all the little companies and then remove the remaining t so they can call the company "America."

:haha

 

[Neutron]

I'll go cellphone-less if AT&T ever buys Sprint....

 

[Juan]

Its not over yet.....Verizon CEO: Merger Between T-Mobile and AT&T Had to Occur - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

 

[berck]

Its not over yet.....Verizon CEO: Merger Between T-Mobile and AT&T Had to Occur - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

Of course he'd be fine with it. It would give Verizon more clout to purchase say, Sprint, or MetroPCS.