Matt
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Jamestown, NC | Makes sense to me....
Buy them out now to offer TV, then kill them off when they start offering their IPTV or migrate customers who can get it to IPTV and offer Echostar to those who can't.
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TKJunkMail
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Avalon, NJ
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2 edits | While remotely possible, this deal seems unlikely at best. Still, some think talk of a merger is a bit premature. Thomas , an analyst with Oppenheimer & Co., said he doesn't think a deal is likely anytime soon. Instead, he thinks AT&T may take a wait-and-see approach.
"Why would AT&T want to buy EchoStar when they already have the alliance now?" he said. "Strategically, I don't see motivation for doing it. The company is too far along on its own rollout."
There's also the issue of whether or not AT&T should be taking on another deal so soon. The SBC/AT&T merger just closed in December. --
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Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO | Use their Satellites
Even cable use's sat to feed tv to their markets. This could very well be a move that would help AT&T deliver their IPTV system to their markets and then use fiber or whatever to feed it to the customer's home with IP from there. |
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oroper
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join:2004-06-01
Beverly, MA | Only a matter of time
before the headlines will read
"AT&T Eyeing Verizon"
Who wants to start the betting? 
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NY Tel
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join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
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| said by oroper  :before the headlines will read "AT&T Eyeing Verizon"Who wants to start the betting? I think it will be the other way around....
Verizon, who by the way is going to change their name again according to sources once the MCI acquisition is completed.
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RoguePimp
join:2001-01-31
Phoenix, AZ | Yes its true
Since I work for one of the companies...I can say that these are not rumors but fact. It has been discussed at high levels for some time. |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
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Damn had me worried
I want Echostar/dish network to stay just the way it is. The only thing I wish is that Qwest had a deal with Echostar instead of Direct TV. Wait a minute:( Qwest buying Echostar, no, no, think about Hillary instead, groan, where is my coffee.;)
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rec9140
Provoice just DO it
join:2003-07-29
Mulberry, FL
|  NO THANKS! AT&T just go away!
I have no interest in AT&T services and taking over Echostar/Dish Network would NOT be a good thing.
I don't want "double/triple play" packaging, and at&t/sbc doesn't serve my area as an ILEC so its of no benefit.
I don't see this as a benefit to either company, and most certrainly not to existing Dish customers.
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Gilitar
join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL | Bellsouth will be soon to follow.
My predictions for 2006:
Cingular changes to AT&T Wireless
AT&T buys Bellsouth
Verizon buys Alltel
Comcast or another major cable co. buys a wireless carrier. |
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The Beer
I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
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join:2001-07-24
Omaha, NE
clubs: | Who is going to change the name of their town?
Are we now going to have AT&T,TX?
Was there a disclaimer in the Dish,TX deal where they will have to change their name again?  |
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rec9140
Provoice just DO it
join:2003-07-29
Mulberry, FL
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Re: Bellsouth will be soon to follow.
said by Gilitar :
My predictions for 2006:
Verizon buys Alltel
This IS the DEAL announcement I've been waiting for, for years. Their wireless divisions are pretty chummy as it is now, and this would make sense in wireless, but one thing I see a problem, Alltel's ILEC areas.
VZ is trying to shed "rural" ILEC translation UNPROFITABLE areas. So if they bought out Alltel these people would probably get sold down the river again.
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Fayetteville, AR | Alltel spun off thier wire line holdings into a new company. |
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Maarvin
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Denver, CO | reply to Skippy25
Re: Use their Satellites
Charle Eckmann will not sell his satellite TV company cheaply. I doubt that AT&T can afford it. |
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RadioDoc
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Re: Damn had me worried
said by Transmaster : no, no, think about Hillary instead, groan Here, this may help:
Is Echostar in financial trouble? Can't say I've paid much attention to them.
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packetscan
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join:2004-10-19
Bridgeport, CT
clubs: | reply to Skippy25
Re: Use their Satellites
Excellent point..
This will give them a broad spectrum of possibilities.
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
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said by Maarvin :Charle Eckmann will not sell his satellite TV company cheaply. I doubt that AT&T can afford it. Charlie Ergen ?
I see more of an investment coming from this. They invest in echostar and then use it to deliver most of the content to the home. Using iptv to deliver only the vod.
Almost like they did with Cingular.
Didn't we discuss this some time ago ?
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs: | reply to NY Tel
Re: Only a matter of time
Mcizon ?
I would hate to see another name change. Just rebrand everything to verizon. it's a great name.
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op
join:2005-07-16
Smyrna, DE
| Ma Bell Returns
After Ma Bell was broken up in 86, Looks like Ma Bell is going to return to its thrown, slowly but surely. It may take a few more years but Ma Bell well be back. By 2010 it will be Ma Bell vs Comcast vs Satelite(if still around). We will have more compitation between either sat., cable, or telephone. So it will not be just 1 dominating company. I dont think the FCC will break up Ma Bell again with cable and satelite as compitation.;) |
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NY Tel
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join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
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Re: Only a matter of time
I agree and think they should keep the Verizon name as it now has national brand recognition.
But my choice for a new name would be:
Mseeskyzon - kind of an eclectic blend of both companies and cultures...what? You think it sucks and is bogus? It doesn't suck any less than the name Verizon....:p
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RadioDoc
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Re: Ma Bell Returns
The FCC did not break up "Ma Bell". The Department of Justice initiated it via an anti-trust suit based mostly on monopolistic practices involving it's Western Electric subsidiary. You may not remember but at the time, AT&T was the largest corporation on the planet, and employed more people than any other entity save the US Government.
AT&T broke itself up to settle the anti-trust suit and avoid what could have been a never-ending prosecution, via a consent decree.
The conditions which allowed "Ma Bell" to rise to power no longer exist, and never will again. What you have now are budding telecommunications media companies vying with each other for bigger slices of a pie not yet baked. The sparring will continue for awhile, but I predict no more than four companies will walk away from the counter with the pastry.
And it's "throne", not "thrown".
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