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Public Knowledge roasts congress over letter supporting AT&T / T-Mobile merger

article published on 25 June, 2011

House democrats sent letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and Attorney General Eric Holder, seemingly supportive of AT&T's proposed buyout of T-Mobile. In the letter, the members of congress urge the pair to consider the benefits of increased coverage. They state that as part of the merger, AT&T has committed to building a next generation wireless broadband network that proposed ... [ read the full article ]

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27. June 2011 @ 11:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
lol @ capitalism

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The Economic Policy Institute produced a study, not too long ago, showing that 12,000 jobs are created for every $1 billion invested. Of those 3,500 are directly employed by the wireless company and the remainder are split between suppliers who sell materials and services to the telecom companies and ?induced? employment as all these new workers increase demand for goods and services. AT&T has pledged to invest $8 billion to buildout the combined AT&T and T-Mobile network. By EPI math, that?s 96,000 jobs. I say let?s do it! But get the FCC and DOJ to nail down that commitment, and huge penalties if AT&T misses the mark.
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