Washington Post.
“We’re scratching our heads on how this agency can rush to let the nation’s second largest carrier gobble up a strong competitor like Alltel to become the nation’s largest carrier,” said Chris Murray, senior legal counsel for Consumers Union. “I guess its Christmas in October for the wireless phone companies.”The Post has an anonymous FCC source who says the deal is being rushed because they want to get it through before the presidential election. It is currently up for vote on November 4. While we, like nearly every wireless blog, bemoans the lack of competition, that isn’t the main reason I’d like to see this deal fall through. No, it’s because I’m a fan of Alltel’s U prepaid. Yeah, the double-dialing is annoying, but the prices aren’t. Once this goes through, it will only be a matter of time before Alltel customers are forced to pick from among Verizon’s INpulse plans.]]>
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