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Why the AT&T and T-Mobile Merger Is Bad For Consumers

adeelarshad82 writes "AT&T recently announced that it will buy T-Mobile for $39 billion. If the transaction gets approved by the government and closes in a year as planned, it will create the nation's largest wireless carrier by far. While this is great news for both companies, analysts believe that it's an awful idea for end consumers for a number of different reasons — from obvious ones, like a rise in rates due to lower competition, to subtler ones, like more selective phone choices for consumers."

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  1. AT&T reminds me of Terminator 2 by mykos · · Score: 3, Funny

    You freeze it, break it to pieces, and over a small amount of time it melts and re-forms itself to continue the assault.
    Where's a vat of molten steel when you need it?