03-22-2011, 07:53 PM
DRR wrote:
Yes there are laws against monopolies. Be careful not to confuse "large" with "monopoly."
Did you have any complaints when Verizon bough Alltel?
Exactly my point the last few days. While I don't think this merger will be good for consumers, although I fervently hope that I am wrong, AT&T is not a monopoly once they buy T-Mobile. If Verizon and AT&T start (continue?) colluding, something could be done, but that sort of legal attention could already be applied. Pre T-Mobile devouring, AT&T and Verizon already accounted for 60ish% of the market. Now they are combined 70ish%.