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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. |
