| Author | Message | Time |
|---|---|---|
| shout | I personally think it's kind of scary. AT&T + (insert company here) (SBC?) and Verizon + MCI (methinks). Does this scare anyone else? | February 1, 2006, 2:24 AM |
| Yegg | [quote author=Shout link=topic=14076.msg144043#msg144043 date=1138760660] I personally think it's kind of scary. AT&T + (insert company here) (SBC?) and Verizon + MCI (methinks). Does this scare anyone else? [/quote] It's been happening for a long time. I believe SBC first merged with Yahoo!. Later I heard that they bought AT&T. Recently they started working with Cingular as well. I woudln't doubt it if even more companies got involved and it someday became one large company with a very large amount of power. | February 1, 2006, 2:26 AM |
| Stealth | I don't understand what's scary about it... | February 1, 2006, 2:45 AM |
| Yegg | [quote author=Stealth link=topic=14076.msg144045#msg144045 date=1138761926] I don't understand what's scary about it... [/quote] Perhaps he's just being a bit sarcastic? Sarcastic because they will soon "take over the world". | February 1, 2006, 3:04 AM |
| shout | Monopolies. Communications monopolies could be bad for my wallet. | February 1, 2006, 3:48 PM |
| Explicit[nK] | [quote author=Shout link=topic=14076.msg144113#msg144113 date=1138808896] Monopolies. Communications monopolies could be bad for my wallet. [/quote] Of course, the US tries to keep the market open to competition, or so it says. There was a term for the breaking down of large companies into several smaller companies, but I forgot what it was. It's supposed to give smaller companies a chance to compete, and as we all know, competition drives prices, so the more competition there is, the better. At least, better for the consumer. | February 1, 2006, 4:17 PM |
| Mephisto | <3 capitalism | February 1, 2006, 4:20 PM |
| jigsaw | I say everyone just boycots communication.. who needs telephones/cellphones or anything of that like... So from here on out, every who reads this quit using telephones and cell phones. | February 1, 2006, 5:23 PM |
| Stealth | [quote author=Shout link=topic=14076.msg144113#msg144113 date=1138808896] Monopolies. Communications monopolies could be bad for my wallet. [/quote] The last time there was a communications monopoly it was promptly broken up by the US Department of Justice. What makes you think that wouldn't happen the next time around? | February 1, 2006, 6:00 PM |