SBC Considering Buying DirecTV

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SBC Considering Buying DirecTV

Posted by Hemos on Monday February 10, 2003 @02:25AM from the changing-the-landscape dept.

Guppy06 writes "Throwing their hats into a ring that includes News Corporation, Cablevision, and General Electric, this NYT article (yadda yadda yadda) reports that #2 Baby Bell SBC is interested in buying DirecTV. After federal and state anti-trust authorities shot down DirecTV's purchase of EchoStar recently, their purchase by a corporation that already has its own state-mandated telephone monopoly is... "interesting" to say the least. Those of us who dislike government monopolies are left hoping either News or GE wins this one (if a sale even takes place)." One of the other suitors for DirecTV has been Murdoch's Fox.

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Interesting by MeanMF · 2003-02-10 02:32 · Score: 4, Funny

Those of us who dislike government monopolies are left hoping either News or GE wins this one (if a sale even takes place)." One of the other suitors for DirecTV has been Murdoch's Fox.

I sure hope that Fox gets it, because I can't imagine the horror of News Corp running things.
Well, that just about caps off my Monday as crap by CTD · 2003-02-10 02:35 · Score: 5, Funny

SBC = horrible. Horrible.

Let's hope FOX is the winner. Yeah I might loose CNN or something, but if SBC gets my DirectTV I'll order Porn for the weekend and end up with soccer or something. :(

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Re:One request by digitalsushi · 2003-02-10 02:47 · Score: 2, Funny

Yeah, like letting me go to the bathroom during commercials!

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DirectJava? by linuxology · 2003-02-10 02:52 · Score: 0, Funny

Seattle's Best Coffee interested in DirectTV?

Soon Tully's will buy Tivo, and who the hell knows what Starbucks will do!!!
Makes paying bills easier by Slightly+Askew · 2003-02-10 02:54 · Score: 3, Funny

Phone: SBC

Cell Phone: Cingular Wireless (SBC Owned)

Satellite Provider: SBC DirecTV

Internet Provider: SBC Yahoo! DSL

When SBC Gas & Electric and SBC Waste Removal become a reality, I'll just start signing my check over to them.

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Re:Anybody but SBC! by the_2nd_coming · 2003-02-10 03:05 · Score: 3, Funny

that is odd....here in Michigan where our Atorney General (now govener) had some balls, she sued SBC for bad service and now we get GREAT service....get an AG with some nuts man.

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Re:GE is great by inteller · 2003-02-10 03:11 · Score: 2, Funny

hahaha, that's funny. I wonder how many people said that about Enron back in 2000.
Oh No! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-10 03:16 · Score: 2, Funny

SBC advertises "infinite service" and I know what that means:
I've had to call SBC twice about billing problems of their own making. Both times Customer Service says "we can't help you" and transfers me to Collections and Credit who says "we can't help you" and transfers me to Customer Service ... rinse, repeat.

So can they give this infinite service for my TV dish too?