What are we gaining?
T-mobile buys Sprint and then sells it to Dish. So we go from 4 companies to 3 companies and then create a fourth company again? Wouldn't it be easier for Dish to have just bought Sprint? I think these boys have way too much money to play with.
Dish isn't getting Sprint. They're getting scraps; not enough to be a serious fourth national carrier (at least without an additional $100 billion investment, which isn't happening.)
You're right that it's silly, though. The DoJ insists that having...
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“We”as in the public? The public gains nothing. In a few years, the combined Sprint/T-Mobile entity will acquire whatever physical assets and spectrum Dish has at that time. Dish will pay whatever fine the FCC assesses and life will go on. This is...
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