We don't see how that can help competition, and ultimately we think it results in the restriction in the program that gets to the public and higher prices.
Broadband was one of the few remaining opportunities for competition in telephone service. Now that door has been closed. If Justice now approves this merger, it slams yet another door.
The simple fact of the matter is that competition is good for consumers.
Telecommunications has now gone from a regulated monopoly to an unregulated duopoly with just two major players. Consumers know that is not enough competition to lower their prices and drive innovation.
Competition in cable is in a very bad state, ... Why would AT&T do anything differently?
This is the end of traditional head-to-head competition.
The fiction that a lot of competition will protect the public is dead.