| No problem AT&T will eventually get it anyway. They'll just wait for the next Republican president, then buy both Qwest and Verizon. No need to bother with the auction. Too messy! |
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| said by rdmiller:AT&T will eventually get it anyway. They'll just wait for the next Republican president, then buy both Qwest and Verizon. No need to bother with the auction. Too messy! Maybe there won't be a "next Republican president" .. your choice  |
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said by rdmiller:AT&T will eventually get it anyway. They'll just wait for the next Republican president, then buy both Qwest and Verizon. No need to bother with the auction. Too messy! Wait, how many ways are there to get data. I am all for more consolidation. You can get phone from 3-8 providers. And alot of pro business things happened under Clinton. The politicians speak on thing, and do a complete different thing. Doesnt matter liberal conservative, there the same. |
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Are you kidding me? Verizon has more money than AT&T and Quest combined. |
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I haven't seen the Dems do much to discourage anti-competitive corporate actions, either. Sure would be nice to see ANY third political party stand a chance for once.
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said by grandpinaple:Are you kidding me? Verizon has more money than AT&T and Quest combined. Verizon is spending theirs hand-over-fist on FIOS. AT&T is lurking in the weeds, waiting to pounce. It only takes one bad quarter for some wise guy to suggest that Verizon is "in play". |
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| They have been at it for 3 years already. Verizon isn't stupid they are keeping their dividends high despite their massive infrastructure investment. AT&T won't be able to merge their way into this cake. AT&T can't have their cake and eat it this time to. Why would Verizon want to be apart of a giant infrastructure dinosaur that is probably going to be knee deep in the red when DOCSIS 3.0 kicks uverse into the toilet. |
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said by rdmiller:AT&T will eventually get it anyway. They'll just wait for the next Republican president, then buy both Qwest and Verizon. No need to bother with the auction. Too messy! You learned about economics in a public school, didn't you? |
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Not even close. Verizon VZ has a market cap of 128.50 Billion. AT&T T has a market cap of 252.31 Billion which makes AT&T worth almost twice as much as Verizon. |
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said by MrMoody:I haven't seen the Dems do much to discourage anti-competitive corporate actions, either. Sure would be nice to see ANY third political party stand a chance for once. Try this 2008 nightmare election scenario on for size: Clinton vs. Giuliani
I know I'll be pulling the third-party lever. |
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They may have assets twice as much, but Verizon has revenue 1.5 times greater. |
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| You have it reversed for 2006 AT&T made 9 Billion net. income compared to Verizons 6 billion. |
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Amen to that. |
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I was talking about total revenue and no Verizon still made 6 billion net of which 4 was paid in dividends and AT&T made 7. |
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