| Meh Sprint isn't a match for Comcast - VZW is IMO. |
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| said by nthach:Sprint isn't a match for Comcast - VZW is IMO. Nah, VZW is large enough as it is and probably wouldn't get regulatory approval especially after just devouring Alltel.
The perfect match would be Sprint and US Cellular. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | reply to nthach
VZW-Sprint is fairly unlikely- it'd probably be too big even for the very loose merger regulators (we'd be talking well over 100 million customers)... plus, VZ(W) has a rather large debtload- nothing to worry about right now, but they might have issues borrowing enough money in the future.
Plus, there'd probably be antitrust issues on the wireline side, what with VZ owning the ex-MCI network. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | reply to nthach
Cableco and telco? Antitrust. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by iansltx:Cableco and telco? Antitrust. What was AT&T? Forgot the old name of Comcast? |
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NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:4 Reviews:
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·Pacific Bell - SBC
1 edit | said by patcat88:said by iansltx:Cableco and telco? Antitrust. What was AT&T? Forgot the old name of Comcast? AT&T was always AT&T. Before 1984, and after 1984. But AT&T was not a 'telco' after 1984. They divested their telco (LEC) business to seven companies which retained the right to use the "Bell" logo; AT&T had to create a new logo after the 1984 divestiture.
AT&T was still AT&T before 2001, but they had formed a 'cable unit' to get in on competition with the LECs. After 2001
Comcast merged with AT&T's cable unit, which was called, "AT&T Broadband Internet". The plan was to call the new company, "AT&T Comcast". But that plan fell through.
AT&T was still AT&T, and separate from Comcast, when it was finally bought by SBC, effective January, 2006.
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said by patcat88:said by iansltx:Cableco and telco? Antitrust. What was AT&T? Forgot the old name of Comcast? AT&T Broadband (ATTBi).
That was a different "AT&T" though. It was a long distance telephone carrier, a wireless carrier, Tier 1 network operator, and a cable company.
During the 90s they bought up a bunch of cable companies like TCI and MediaOne.
They sold the cable division to Comcast, creating the modern Comcast that we know.
They also sold the wireless division (AT&T Wireless) to Cingular, a joint venture between BellSouth and PacBell/SouthwesternBell/SBC/etc. SBC later bought AT&T, and took their name. And then later bought BellSouth, largely to bring wireless completely in house (now called AT&T Mobility). |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | reply to nthach
VZW isn't for sale and Comcast couldn't afford it even if it was. |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | reply to patcat88
said by patcat88:said by iansltx:Cableco and telco? Antitrust. What was AT&T? Forgot the old name of Comcast? ... yea.. tell us.. what was the old name of Comcast...? .. was it, um, Comcast?  |
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NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:4 Reviews:
·SONIC.NET
·Pacific Bell - SBC
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said by Samsonian:That was a different "AT&T" though. It was a long distance telephone carrier, a wireless carrier, Tier 1 network operator, and a cable company. During the 90s they bought up a bunch of cable companies like TCI and MediaOne. They sold the cable division to Comcast, creating the modern Comcast that we know. AT&T is still a long distance telephone carrier, wireless carrier, and Tier 1 network operator. Only two changes since then:
• They sold off their cable interests to Comcast.
• They got bought by an ILEC.
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| True enough, but it's the SBC people running the show over there. |
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NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:4 Reviews:
·SONIC.NET
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| said by Samsonian:True enough, but it's the SBC people running the show over there. They do call themselves AT&T now, and have since 2006.
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