http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/03/06/cue-the-violins-for-the-telecom-merger-gang/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:06:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/03/06/cue-the-violins-for-the-telecom-merger-gang/#comment-19370 Thatedeguy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/03/06/cue-the-violins-for-the-telecom-merger-gang/#comment-19370 <!--%kramer-pre%-->and start buying the telcos to prevent it. And really, what is $ 67 Billion to these companies? Didn’t Microsoft have something like $35 billion in the bank just before they started paying dividends? Matthew Ingram brings up the point that “Ed Whitacre of the new AT&T has been singing” [the tune of tiered internet] “for some time now, and this is only going to make him boost the volume“. So, doesn’t it make sense for Google or Yahoo to start picking up the smaller telcos? That would sure give them a little more leverage in the fight against tiered internet. Google already owns a bit of dark fibre, so maybe they already have<!--%kramer-post%--> and start buying the telcos to prevent it. And really, what is $ 67 Billion to these companies? Didn’t Microsoft have something like $35 billion in the bank just before they started paying dividends? Matthew Ingram brings up the point that “Ed Whitacre of the new AT&T has been singing” [the tune of tiered internet] “for some time now, and this is only going to make him boost the volume“. So, doesn’t it make sense for Google or Yahoo to start picking up the smaller telcos? That would sure give them a little more leverage in the fight against tiered internet. Google already owns a bit of dark fibre, so maybe they already have

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