Justice Dept. Files Antitrust Complaint Against AT&T and T-Mobile Merger

Hitting the front page for the first time, AngryDeuce writes with a piece of exciting news hot off the news wire. From the article: "The Justice Department is blocking AT&T's $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA, saying the acquisition of the No. 4 wireless carrier in the country by No. 2 AT&T would reduce competition and raise prices. The deal has faced tough opposition from consumer groups and No. 3 carrier Sprint since it was announced in March." The DOJ has released a full statement on their decision to file the antitrust suit, and AT&T has drafted a response. So much for AT&T's paltry promise of bringing 5000 unskilled call center jobs back to the U.S. if the merger were approved. Competition may yet live!

Comments

Re:Sudden Outbreak of Common Sense?

[Miamicanes]

Holy shit. There IS a ${deity}, after all.

(looks out the window)... wow, it's snowing outside (in South Florida), too!

Re:+ 5000 jobs, - many more.

[tripleevenfall]

Throttling bandwidth, stripping out cost savings opportunities from service plans, locking down phones... that's a lot of work.

Re:AT&T's Response

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

Hey! We totally pinkie-swear that if we are given nigh-unlimited power to bleed the nation's wireless users dry, we promise to build a couple of towers in rural nofuckingwhereistan and call it "Universal Access"! C'mon, it's a totally reasonable trade!

Re:AT&T's Response

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

Does doublespeak count against my 'anytime' minutes; but at twice the normal rate, or do I need to upgrade my plan?