And to say that the merging of these companies are going to bring more innovation quicker to more people is laughable. AT&T will not bring high-speed wireless or wired internet connections to rural and poor sections to the country whether there is a merger or not, they have in fact fought local governments from providing those services. It is not in their best financial interests to “Invest” in poor and rural areas because there is no financial benefit… but then the block others from providing the service. Can you explain legally why that is possible?

AT&T should not be allowed to just do what ever they want. This is more than a “Competition in the marketplace” issue to many people, it’s about access to information and communication… and to say AT&T is looking out for the interests of ALL Americans when they merge with T-Mobile to provide more and better service is a joke. They want to remove competition and increase the barriers to entry and provide the same BS service that they already do.