Richard Chao
09-06-2011, 06:31 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/09/feds-right-to-stop-att-merger/' target='_blank'>http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011...top-att-merger/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"ANALYSIS - The feds unexpectedly walked into a federal court Wednesday to file a lawsuit seeking to block AT&T from buying T-Mobile for $39 billion.</em></p><p><em>Though you'll likely hear a lot of bitching and moaning about the move from politicians in the coming days, this is best thing to come out of Washington, D.C., since the Do-Not-Call list."</em></p><p><img height="450" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/wpt/auto/1315286351.usr117680.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" width="600" /></p><p>Wired's Ryan Singel has weighed in on the Federal Government's move to block the AT&T T-Mobile merger in his recent blog post. His take is that the Feds were exactly right in their analysis that letting AT&T merge with T-Mobile and thereby become the nation's largest carrier would result in "higher prices, worse service and decreased innovation in the wireless space." Ryan also gave a few worst case scenarios if the merger were to go through and AT&T becomes the largest carrier. </p><p>Click the read link if you have any doubts as to why AT&T should not be permitted to buyout T-Mobile. </p>