AT&T: Still Blowing Smoke in Your Face
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I've worked in Washington on and off for over 20 years and I've seen all kinds of lobbying blitzes, political campaigns and issue advocacy efforts, but I've never seen as much smoke blown in the face of the media and public as AT&T has blown in its effort to secure approval of its proposed takeover of T-Mobile.
It's truly breathtaking.
Today, it was revealed that AT&T is trying sell some of its vast spectrum holdings. On its face, that's just fine, except that one of the fundamental reasons behind the proposed T-Mobile purchase was to get MORE spectrum.
So which is true?
And does AT&T really think the FCC is that stupid? (I'm guessing yes.)
