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And the last time it was "competitive"? 2009, with commissioners appointed by the last Republican president.

• addicted 9y ago
  The wireless industry is significantly more competitive than it would have been and this can exactly be traced to TMobile being independent and providing more unique plans which can be directly traced to the 2014/2015? Decision to prevent the AT&T acquisition of Tmobile. The course of events here are very straightforward and clear in a way that's extremely rare where corporate actions are concerned. There's very little doubt that the FCC's actions preventing AT&T from acquiring TMobile has led to a significantly better wireless environment for US customers and Republican appointees, especially Ajit Pai, were on the wrong side of that decision.
  • sliverstorm 9y ago
    Right, but the natural fear is that the FCC's next move is going to be "Hey because wireless is finally competitive and things are great, we should let AT&T acquire T-Mobile!" It's even right there in the article, Some say the finding could spur merger activity
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    • schiffern 9y ago
      >It's even right there in the article, Some say the finding could spur merger activity "The U.S. wireless industry is finally competitive. Time to fix that!" I want to get off Mr. Capitalism's Wild Wealth Concentration Ride...
  • cptskippy 9y ago
    Let's also remember Google's open access shenanigans during that spectrum auction. Those contributed as well.