There is no world in which the government should be able to force a private company to give something hugely valuable to, of all possible options, Comcast (one of the worst companies in America).
Mergers are costly to society because they concentrate power. The government should _absolutely_ prevent mergers that concentrate power, or otherwise redistribute that power.
I'd rather them just block these things like they did up until the early 2000s ... but it's not unreasonable for them to break up the government granted monopoly on spectrums if they do allow mergers.
Nice ideology. Reality is quite different. Companies in large mergers or with consolidated industries often have to make concessions to regulators to proceed with the merger.
Fwiw, I think the person you are replying to was concerned more about the fact that Comcast would benefit than that T-Mobile would be forced to make concessions.
mrkurt|7 years ago
I'd rather them just block these things like they did up until the early 2000s ... but it's not unreasonable for them to break up the government granted monopoly on spectrums if they do allow mergers.
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