Corporations don't die...

[Lamplighter]

AT&T may well be whatever people think it is, I don't know.
But my issue here is really something completely different...

By what service or product is this $39 BILLION merger benefiting the AT&T customers ?
My answer is none.
The merger was concocted to give AT&T a larger influence over the industry, "added spectrum"

If AT&T does attempt to sell off a significant part of it's holdings, who will it sell to ?
The only buyers being talked about are "investment" firms that
foresee $ is to be made from transactions activity. These firms
openly admit they have "no expertise" in the operations of this industry.

IMO, AT&T represents many corporations today that no longer earn $
from services or products, but instead seek profits only in mergers and acquisitions.

Think about it...
A $4 BILLION fee for "failing to merge".
A $4 BILLION fee for leaving the situation as just as it is now ????

I doubt the upper echelons of AT&T are even remotely concerned with service to customers.
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