3 edits | Official release info from FCC web site The approval has been given (4 to 0).
Here is the official news release from the FCC:
»www.fcc.gov/ATT-BellSouth_Press_Release.pdf
A joint statement by Martin & Tate:
»hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a···75A2.pdf
And by the 2 Dems:
»hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a···75A3.pdf
»hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/a···75A4.pdf
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CLIFF NOTES™ for those who want to skip right to the rant!
Martin & Tate said (paraphrasing) "We wanted the merger with no conditions."
Copps and Adelstein said (paraphrasing) "We wanted more concessions, but got the best we could hope for."
Martin & Tate continued with "We'll keep fighting for big business at any cost. At least we got the merger."
Copps and Adelstein said "We want you to think we're looking out for the little guys. After the 2, or 3, or 4 year agreement expires, it's up to somebody else to make sense of this mess and let Congress get its act together. We gave you (and them) a little breathing room." |
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I guess yall won this battle. I am just going to sit and watch from afar and try to understand your points of view on this one.
I seriously hope yall correct on this merger, but I guess my own thinking simply tells me otherwise. |
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| said by Michieru2:I guess yall won this battle. I am just going to sit and watch from afar and try to understand your points of view on this one. I seriously hope yall correct on this merger, but I guess my own thinking simply tells me otherwise. In the new global economy, only the extra large survive. It isn't best for PURE capitalism, but it is the world we live in. Many foreign countries and companies never had the ethic of capitalistic competition. Their socialist governments put huge government resources behind their companies and that has changed forever the course of competition. So the US has had to adapt and I am sure the FCC commissioners(even the Dems) are aware of this reality.
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Miami, FL | That's a fact for many of our industries, but realistically, the old Bell companies don't compete with foreign competitors in this country, they compete with domestic cable companies. |
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| said by Zoder:That's a fact for many of our industries, but realistically, the old Bell companies don't compete with foreign competitors in this country, they compete with domestic cable companies. Yes NOW, but mostly because they grew so big as a defensive mechanism. T-Mobile is foreign owned. Sprint was almost bought up by Deutch Telekom until US legislators went nuts. British Telecom tried to buy MCI. There would have been other possible takeovers of old baby Bells if they hadn't merged and if US Congressional pressure hadn't cancelled the deals.
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Re: Official release info from FCC web site said by fAcEtIOUs:Yes NOW, but mostly because they grew so big as a defensive mechanism. T-Mobile is foreign owned. Sprint was almost bought up by Deutch Telekom until US legislators went nuts. British Telecom tried to buy MCI. There would have been other possible takeovers of old baby Bells if they hadn't merged and if US Congressional pressure hadn't cancelled the deals. Hmmmm, that's just bullshit! But maybe letting foreign companies buy out US Telcos would result in a more competitive environment benefiting us/US consumers more in the long run. Foreign firms wouldn't be hampered by the old Telco philosophies, and their ways of NOT doing things. We might even see state of the art systems in place if foreign owned firms, not beholden to ancient, out-dated technology, bloated depreciation schedules, and a vested interest in maintaining the status quo, were allowed to enter the marketplace.
There is certainly no security problem left to discuss since AT&T and Verizon have decided to turn over all real-time traffic to the NSA without warrant, or Court supervision. Hell, selling to foreign interests may offer better protection because European privacy laws are tougher on government spying than our suddenly fucked-up system has become. Yeah, I know their laws don't apply in this country, but their conduct is more likely to be influenced by their home country rules than the suddenly superfluous provisions of our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
I don't see any hope for U.S. consumers in the outcome of this merger approval. OUR interests have been roundly trampled by malfeasant, corrupt political appointees. |
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