nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD | Gosh, what a surprise
Was there ever any doubt?
let's hope a Tunney act review will derail this merger, although I'm not holding my breath. |
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RichNice
join:2003-01-09
Columbia, MD
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Martin is angling for a Board of Directors job after his term is over. |
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ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana | Hey -- we spied for you -- where's our merger approval???
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LegoPower77
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join:2002-08-03
Arlington, VA | Market Concentration is Not to be Feared
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TKJunkMail
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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Re: Gosh, what a surprise
said by nasadude  :Was there ever any doubt? let's hope a Tunney act review will derail this merger, although I'm not holding my breath. Merger will probably go thru with the same kind of conditions that were applied to the AT&T/SBC merger. And the courts will probably rubber stamp this too after making a show of deliberation for a couple months. Business as usual.
Of course, this will probably be the last Old Bell company merger to be approved. Qwest will probably have to find a way to merge with someone other than Verizon or AT&T. The justice dept usually draws the line when the field get narrowed to 3 or 4. Much more likely Qwest does a merger with a cable company or a satellite company.
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pnh102
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Welcome Back to the Suck
Judge Greene, peace be upon him, must be turning over in his grave.
Nothing good will come of this merger. We are just fumbling back towards the bad old daze of Ma Bell.
Ugh.
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RichNice
join:2003-01-09
Columbia, MD | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: Gosh, what a surprise
Qwest/Embarq?
Or Qwest/Century Tel?
Neither are too sexy when you think about it. |
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Techman21
join:2005-04-14
Richmond, VA
| Ma Bell here we come...
How about this NOT go thru....the gov.'t obviously is driving blind or wants to turn a blind eye.
With all the mergers we're quickly going straight back to square one with Ma Bell again. This is ridiculous. These Telco's are getting way too huge again. |
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morbo
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join:2002-01-22
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clubs: | and put to waste all that advertising b.s. already spent??
AT&T knows how to lobby for what they want.
FCC is a joke.
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Jim Gurd
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Re: Gosh, what a surprise
said by RichNice :Qwest/Embarq? Or Qwest/Century Tel? Neither are too sexy when you think about it. Hmm. I've been thinking that Embarq and Century Tel should merge, and maybe throw Alltel and/or TDS in there too. Basically a merger of all the major rural telcos.
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fiberguy
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join:2005-05-20 | reply to RichNice
I can see it now!!
"Qwest together with Century... riding century old technology!" |
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GhostDoggy
join:2005-05-11
Duluth, GA | reply to morbo
Re: and put to waste all that advertising b.s. already spent??
Lobby? Why waist time when bribery is more efficient and effective.  |
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GhostDoggy
join:2005-05-11
Duluth, GA | reply to Techman21
Re: Ma Bell here we come...
Who says they are blind or turning a blind eye? In the day of eBay, I am most certain they smiled when they received their bribery acceptance checks.  |
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inteller
Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK | reply to Jim Gurd
Re: Gosh, what a surprise
Alltel is a wireless only company now. I think you are thinking of Windstream Communications. |
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tsu9
join:2001-08-17
Wheeling, IL | reply to GhostDoggy
Re: and put to waste all that advertising b.s. already spent??
It's the same thing, just in more polite terms. |
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NewMariner
join:2005-06-24
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Re: Ma Bell here we come...
LMAO...
Do you realize that the conditions now are not the same as they were pre-1984? We didnt have cell phones, we didnt have cable companies offering cell phone services. We didnt have mom and pop telcos operating. We didnt have satellites offering services either. It is truly different and all of you doomsayers are just showing pure ignorance in the matter. Ma-Bell is Dead....She is not returning due to the change in the market. There IS more competition now..AT&T and Bellsouth dont compete with each other. They are in different areas, and so this merger will be approved. If AT&T was trying to buy say comcast, then that would be throwing red flags...as they would be buying a competitor... |
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RichNice
join:2003-01-09
Columbia, MD | reply to fiberguy
Re: Gosh, what a surprise
LOL
Good one.
Back in the old days when I was with Qwest...our unofficial motto was "Serve customer's cash...." |
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unoriginal
join:2000-07-12
San Diego, CA
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Re: Ma Bell here we come...
I have never bought the "but we have cell phones as an option." All of the biggest cell companies are also owned by the wireline companies of the same name. Cingular is reportedly going to change back to AT&T Wireless after this mess of a merger gets approved. |
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short09
join:2006-07-21
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Re: and put to waste all that advertising b.s. already spent??
said by GhostDoggy :Lobby? Why waist time when bribery is more efficient and effective. the fcc is easily swayed by money |
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Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO | reply to unoriginal
Re: Ma Bell here we come...
I would have to agree. Isn't like 80 or 85% of the wireless market controlled by the current ILEC's?
I don't really call that competition. |
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