Of course AT&T is going to claim that the buyout will create jobs. They don't want to publicly admit that the restructuring of the 2 companies into 1 will in fact COST jobs as they terminate unneeded employees. Of course they'll claim that blocking the deal will prevent billions of dollars in new investments. They don't want to publicly admit that the investments that blocking the deal will prevent is investments in OTHER governments. Lets face it....based on history, AT&T is well known for shady deals, abuse of market position, extortionist fees, poor customer service, paying off government officials, and establishing a monopoly. Sorry, but AT&T is not concerned about what's best for consumers....only what's best for AT&T.
[citation][nom]Welve[/nom]@Marco925 Monopoly? What are you even talking about? Sprint, Metro PCS, Verizon, Boost Mobile, and even more local and regional carriers PLUS the fact that Deutsche Telecom has stopped investing in the United States (Basically screwing existing T-Mobile subscribers). Yeah, a real GREAT idea to prevent the acquisition of the smallest national carrier and the largest. It's not like Verizon and AT&T are merging, T-Mobiles subscriber numbers are marginal in comparison to the top 3. Also, the fact that 2 of our idiot government agecies think this is a bad idea compounds the fact they are wrong. Remember the same Department of Justice that is compiling the proceedings against the merger is the same Department of Justice that screwed up a report about MUFFINS. I have no faith in our government.[/citation]
You really should read history.... AT&T, at no point, has ever cared about what's best for consumers. AT&T has also made no attempt to fix their own network. AT&T is well known for lying. Reducing the number of nation wide carriers is NOT in the best interest of consumers to any extent. MetroPCS is a very small carrier. Boost Mobile is the pre-paid division of Nextel, which is a division of Sprint. You're also taking the only 2 national GSM carriers and merging them, giving them near total control of the GSM network in the US. That effects EVERY GSM customer in the country, whether they're an AT&T or T-Mobile customer or not. Having a monopoly on GSM is not a solution....it's a problem. AT&T has the financial means to properly expand and upgrade their network and thus far has proven a complete unwillingness to do so.