ATT, DirecTV Mega-Merger May Go Through

An anonymous reader writes: Hot on the heels of Comcast's failed attempt to swallow up Time Warner Cable, AT&T's pursuit of satellite provider DirecTV is plowing forward. What would be the result of a wireline and cellular mega-monopoly buying one of only two subscription satellite TV providers? Has to be worse than a Comcast/TWC marriage ... at least there, the territories and services offered didn't overlap at all, but AT&T offers voice, data, and television in many markets already. Adding satellite would stifle competition for television services (and to a lesser extent, because satellite is only best suited for rural installations, data).

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Sigh

[koan]

I think we all knew Comcast was going to try again for the TW merger or move on to something else, this is too much for one corporation to control.

In fact I think Comcast should be broken up by region and/or forced to upgrade their networks to at least South Korea levels.