The corruption angle is interesting, but it's got to be better supported than this. Just flatly stating "the goal of the merger is to raise prices" is not enoug

The corruption angle is interesting, but it's got to be better supported than this. Just flatly stating "the goal of the merger is to raise prices" is not enough. Are there mergers not motivated by that, at least in part? If either ATT or VZN disappeared in the near future, then this merger could be part of the chain of events leading to raised prices. Back in the real world, prices might go up but not because of anything the merged company has done. It's still number three. This merger is good for consumers, on balance. Not just for Sprint customers but also for the customers of the hundreds of MVNOs dependent on Sprint's ongoing operation.