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“T-Mobile’s merger promises are meaningless.”
Karl Bode, writing for The Verge in 2019 about the propect of higher prices and inevitable post-merger layoffs:
But if you’ve seen telecom mergers go through this process before, there’s plenty of reason to be skeptical. Consolidation tends to make prices higher, connectivity worse, and customer service even more terrible. Pre-merger promises to do better are usually hollow, as consumer advocates, unions, and many antitrust experts all agree.
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