These mergers are always about making more money, lower costs. Does anyone honestly believe they won't leverage their more consolidated position every last tim

These mergers are always about making more money, lower costs. Does anyone honestly believe they won't leverage their more consolidated position every last time? Of course the prices went up. They thought they had a fairly captive audience. And that was more true years ago when the impact of a switch was higher. Today? Great. They got what they deserved.