washingtonpost.com — The Federal Communications Commission yesterday overcame a seven-month deadlock and approved AT&T's $85 billion purchase of BellSouth, creating a new corporate giant that will stand astride the telecommunications industry like none other in the generation since the old AT&T empire was broken up in 1984.
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edlowe0Dec 30, 2006
I'll stick with cable. don't need home phone and i love my Internet access/DVR/digital cable.
ormeniparDec 31, 2006
thanks for the news, AT&T should continue to rise for a while, the media stock is still a good shot <a class="user" href="http://www.trendio.com/word.php?wordid=478&language=en">http://www.trendio.com/word.php?wordid=478&language=en</a>
acidhashDec 31, 2006
AT&T has taken a good position on net neutrality. They have the lowest DSL prices in our state. Our home phone bill is cheaper than the neighbor's, who use Verizon. Shut up you stupid little college kids. I love AT&T.
doghoundDec 31, 2006
"I know they absorbed SBC (which includes PACBell)" -dbGet your facts right. SBC (which owned PacBell) bought AT&T. Why is this important? Because the AT&T execs were not the ones to buy out SBC. Instead, SBC's execs bought out AT&T and took control.Big difference.
strangerzeroDec 31, 2006
Smart people broke it up dumb people allowed it to reform.
sanmanDec 31, 2006
I'll ride in the head! :)
liquidc0wJan 1, 2007
@Justcim"That is very true, but the way I understand it, AT&T's and Bellsouth's territories did not overlap. So in that respect, it will be no different than it was before."AT&T & Bellsouth overlaps in the biggest cash cow of all markets: Business (Big & Small).
rderveloyJan 10, 2007
The new death star is complete. :-)