While I don't pretend to know much about Anti-Trust law (but I did stat at a Holiday Inn Express once!) I've got to wonder, how in the world the SEC (or is it the FTC) is going to to let this fly...
How much different is this from the old Bell System?
Yes Verizon, Qwest, and Sprint are seperate entities and are fierce rivals, but this deal brings a HUGE chunk of the US telecommunications infrastucture back under the umbrella of one company again, just like back when Ma Bell got broken in itty bitty little pieces.
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Radiationman @ Mar 7th 2006 12:46AM
While I don't pretend to know much about Anti-Trust law (but I did stat at a Holiday Inn Express once!) I've got to wonder, how in the world the SEC (or is it the FTC) is going to to let this fly...
How much different is this from the old Bell System?
Yes Verizon, Qwest, and Sprint are seperate entities and are fierce rivals, but this deal brings a HUGE chunk of the US telecommunications infrastucture back under the umbrella of one company again, just like back when Ma Bell got broken in itty bitty little pieces.