NEWS: AT&T-BellSouth Antitrust OK

John Navas <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:28:44 GMT, "Andy S"
> <[email protected]> wrote in
> <[email protected]>:
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>>>"John Navas" <[email protected]>
>>>wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>>> There's no sign of that yet -- there's clearly more intense competition
>>> in all forms of communications than in the past.
>
>>You may see it that way. I sure don't. ...
>
> Much lower prices are a sure sign of intense competition.
>


OK- I'll bite. Where do you see much lower prices for comparable service?

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At 20 Oct 2006 00:26:43 +0000 John Navas wrote:

> >You may see it that way. I sure don't. ...
>
> Much lower prices are a sure sign of intense competition.

While often true, where are you seeing "much lower prices?" Certainly
not in wireless- things have seemed to bottom out in last couple of
years, and in someways are increa ing (while per-minute rates are staying
low, the point-of-entry keeps rising. T-Mobile's entry level plan is now
$30, Sprint at $35, Cingular and Verizon are $40, I believe. Two or
three years ago, entry level plans were $20-30.)

The lower costs in telecommunications are just as contributable to
technology as they are to competition.

Having said that, I fail to see how the AT&T/Bell South merger is anti-
competitive. Both entities, while in the same business, have different
trade areas (at least in local wireline telephony.)




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