@flip_x: How does AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile gain towers? Rather than X million AT&T customers serviced by A thousand towers, and Y million T-mobile customers serviced by B thousand towers, they'll have X+Y million customers serviced by A+B thousand towers. Sort of. In reality, most wireless providers with the same signal types either lease the same towers from a third party, or share cross-leasing agreements with each other to reduce coverage costs. AT&T is playing a FUD game based on a bunch of BS to try to snooker the FCC and FTC into allowing them to buy T-mobile. That would give AT&T a near-perfect monopoly on GSM-based services in the U.S. It is unconscionable that the government is even entertaining this discussion. Unleash the masks and the 99%, I say.