SBC in talks to buy AT&T

<http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor..._bi_ge/sbc_at_
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No need for an AT&T Mobile if the SBC purchase goes through.
In which case their wholesale purchase of SprintPCS network use falls
through.

That should hurt Sprint stock today.

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Jack Zwick wrote:

> That should hurt Sprint stock today.

Short seller, are we?

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Why would it hurt Sprint stock? If SBC purchases ATT, won't they still need
wireless? Does SBC already have wireless? Who do they resell?



"Isaiah Beard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Jack Zwick wrote:
>
>> That should hurt Sprint stock today.
>
> Short seller, are we?
>
> --
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> Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply.

SBC is part owner of Cingular.


In article <5MbKd.15382$1t.5179@fed1read06>, Mij Adyaw
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Why would it hurt Sprint stock? If SBC purchases ATT, won't they still need
> wireless? Does SBC already have wireless? Who do they resell?
>
>
>
> "Isaiah Beard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Jack Zwick wrote:
> >
> >> That should hurt Sprint stock today.
> >
> > Short seller, are we?
> >
> > --
> > E-mail fudged to thwart spammers.
> > Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply.
>
>

Why doesn't Verizon buy Sprint? This would make sense since the networks are
CDMA and all phones would be compatible.


"steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:270120051416356106%[email protected]...
> SBC is part owner of Cingular.
>
>
> In article <5MbKd.15382$1t.5179@fed1read06>, Mij Adyaw
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Why would it hurt Sprint stock? If SBC purchases ATT, won't they still
>> need
>> wireless? Does SBC already have wireless? Who do they resell?
>>
>>
>>
>> "Isaiah Beard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > Jack Zwick wrote:
>> >
>> >> That should hurt Sprint stock today.
>> >
>> > Short seller, are we?
>> >
>> > --
>> > E-mail fudged to thwart spammers.
>> > Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply.
>>
>>

Mij Adyaw wrote:
> Why would it hurt Sprint stock? If SBC purchases ATT, won't they still need
> wireless? Does SBC already have wireless? Who do they resell?

SBC *owns* half of Cingular. BellSouth owns the other half.

In which case, AT&T will probably not be reselling anyone else's service
anytime soon.

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Mij Adyaw wrote:
> Why doesn't Verizon buy Sprint? This would make sense since the networks are
> CDMA and all phones would be compatible.

It would be a shame if I was forced to leave Sprint because Verizon bought
them. Verizon seems to flat-out ignore certain less populated markets where
they ostensibly do business, and that's why I fired them last year. (We're
small potatoes here compared to Los Angeles, 65 miles away as the crow files,
or a relatively short 90-minute drive.)

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amount of rain the Southland has gotten this winter (January 12th, 2005)

Steve,

Does SprintPCS provide better service in your area than Verizon? I am in
Laguna Niguel in Orange County and Sprint provides better service than
Verizon. Verizon tech support admits that they have coverage problems in LN
and that they need to install new cell sites.

-mij



"Steve Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Mij Adyaw wrote:
>> Why doesn't Verizon buy Sprint? This would make sense since the networks
>> are CDMA and all phones would be compatible.
>
> It would be a shame if I was forced to leave Sprint because Verizon bought
> them. Verizon seems to flat-out ignore certain less populated markets
> where they ostensibly do business, and that's why I fired them last year.
> (We're small potatoes here compared to Los Angeles, 65 miles away as the
> crow files, or a relatively short 90-minute drive.)
>
> --
> JustThe.net - Apple Valley, CA - http://JustThe.net/ - 888.480.4NET (4638)
> Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / [email protected] / PGP: 0xE3AE35ED
>
> "In case anyone was wondering, that big glowing globe above the Victor
> Valley is the sun." -Victorville _Daily Press_ on the unusually large
> amount of rain the Southland has gotten this winter (January 12th, 2005)

In article <5MbKd.15382$1t.5179@fed1read06>,
"Mij Adyaw" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Why would it hurt Sprint stock? If SBC purchases ATT, won't they still need
> wireless? Does SBC already have wireless? Who do they resell?
>

Duh. SBC owns the majority share of Cingular. No need then for an AT&T
Mobile running on the Sprint network.


> news:[email protected]...
> > Jack Zwick wrote:
> >
> >> That should hurt Sprint stock today.

In article <270120051416356106%[email protected]>,
steve <[email protected]> wrote:

> SBC is part owner of Cingular.
>
The majority part. Bell South is the minority other part owner.

>
> In article <5MbKd.15382$1t.5179@fed1read06>, Mij Adyaw
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Why would it hurt Sprint stock? If SBC purchases ATT, won't they still need
> > wireless? Does SBC already have wireless? Who do they resell?
> >
> >
> >
> > "Isaiah Beard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Jack Zwick wrote:
> > >
> > >> That should hurt Sprint stock today.
> > >
> > > Short seller, are we?
> > >
> > > --
> > > E-mail fudged to thwart spammers.
> > > Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply.
> >
> >

In article <dacKd.15807$1t.849@fed1read06>,
"Mij Adyaw" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Why doesn't Verizon buy Sprint? This would make sense since the networks are
> CDMA and all phones would be compatible.
>

Could happen, or maybe the FTC wouldn't allow it.


>
> "steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:270120051416356106%[email protected]...
> > SBC is part owner of Cingular.
> >
> >
> > In article <5MbKd.15382$1t.5179@fed1read06>, Mij Adyaw
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Why would it hurt Sprint stock? If SBC purchases ATT, won't they still
> >> need
> >> wireless? Does SBC already have wireless? Who do they resell?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Isaiah Beard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >> news:[email protected]...
> >> > Jack Zwick wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> That should hurt Sprint stock today.
> >> >
> >> > Short seller, are we?
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > E-mail fudged to thwart spammers.
> >> > Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply.
> >>
> >>

"Mij Adyaw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:dacKd.15807$1t.849@fed1read06...
> Why doesn't Verizon buy Sprint? This would make sense since the networks
are
> CDMA and all phones would be compatible.

I don't believe the FTC would allow it, as it would reduce competition.

Bob

Mij Adyaw wrote:
> Why would it hurt Sprint stock? If SBC purchases ATT, won't they still need
> wireless? Does SBC already have wireless? Who do they resell?


SBC is part owner of Cingular.

However, I have my doubts that a Cingular purchase of AT&T, the landline
company, would pass regulatory muster.

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Mij Adyaw wrote:
> Why doesn't Verizon buy Sprint? This would make sense since the networks are
> CDMA and all phones would be compatible.

Three reasons:

1. Neither company is interested in merging with each other.

2. Verizon Wireless is not 100% owned by Verizon. Vodafone owns around
half of VZW, and Vodafone is not interested in purchasing more CDMA
assets (in fact, they were interested for a bit in buying AT&T wireless
and dropping their stake in VZW because they wanted a GSM network in the
US).

3. Such a purchase might not pass FCC and Justice Department scrutiny.



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Mij Adyaw wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Does SprintPCS provide better service in your area than Verizon? I am in
> Laguna Niguel in Orange County and Sprint provides better service than
> Verizon. Verizon tech support admits that they have coverage problems in LN
> and that they need to install new cell sites.

"Better" is subjective.

Sprint PCS covers Apple Valley much better.

Verizon covers National Trails Highway (Old US 66) better up to Barstow, which
is rather surprising as there is almost no one living in the area between
Victorville and Barstow (Helendale, Silver Lakes, Hodge, etc.) If I need to,
I'll set my phone to roam on Verizon. Sprint doesn't have service in the small
towns between VV and Barstow at all.

Verizon also covers part of Air Expressway (near the old George AFB) where
Sprint has their only big coverage hole in the area. (I haven't bugged Sprint
to fix that hole yet. Don't know how quickly they will add the coverage.)

I left Verizon due to network repair issues, not coverage problems.


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"In case anyone was wondering, that big glowing globe above the Victor
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