DoJ approves Big Telco mega merger - consumers can pound salt

My goodness, is everything about GOP total control in Washington about helping the biggest special interests? What the hell ever happened to that kooky idea of consumers and competition? The GOP is obsessed with creating bloated mega corporates that are coddled and protected from any and all competition. How does this Justice Department decision to approve the ATT-Bell South merger help the American consumer? It doesn't. It is just another rubber stamp to help campaign contributors.

The customary job losses that will surely be announced within hours of the final approval by the FCC and consumers can start counting the days to see how long it will take before an already terrible and uncompetitive market becomes even more expensive. As I have mentioned before, in France and other European countries, we have countless options for phone/internet/cable that are a fraction of the costs that are available in the US. (My own monthly bill for unlimited calls in France and 30 countries around the world, plus high speed internet plus about 100 TV channels is 30 euro.) France is not traditionally known as a market of competition so it is interesting to compare the directions of the two countries at the moment.

Let's see what the FCC says about this uncompetitive merger but with GOP rule, I can't imagine many, if any, changes.