T-Mobile's $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint approved by federal judge

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/02/11/t-mobile-26-5-billion-takeove.html

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So this means we will all be paying less for our cellular coverage? Right…

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List of cell phone carriers that don’t suck:

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If Ajit Pai is for it, I’m agin it.

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Thank God!

I’m no fan of late-stage capitalism mega-mergers but the reality is that neither Sprint nor T-Mobile as they stand today can remain viable for much longer on their own. Operating redundant, overlapping nationwide cellular networks while fighting off intense competition from the AT&T and Verizon duopoly means lots and lots of cash going out the door every day.

The issue is not whether we should allow Sprint and T-Mobile to merge but rather why we aren’t talking about breaking up behemoths like AT&T and Verizon instead.

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Merge them all and nationalize, I say.

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