BUT HERE IS TO HOPING SATURN GIRL WORKS FOR AT&T!!!
Awhile back, Bleeding Cool pointed out a probable inspiration for Carly of T-Mobile’s “uniform.” Now, the days of wearing pink may be over. AT&T may be buying T-Mobile and so that would mean no more T-Mobile ads featuring Carly and her negativity against AT&T.
But some things to consider about this nearly $40 billion merger: “First, AT&T will need the FCC’s approval to acquire T-Mobile’s spectrum licenses. But the deal is also certain to face a thorough investigation by the Justice Department, according to people familiar with the matter” according to Market Watch. With T-mobile out of the way, there will be only Verizon and Sprint standing in AT&T’s way, basically setting up an unevenly matched duopoly, between Verizon and AT&T. With AT&T’s current monopoly on iPhones, what is to stop them, besides the FCC from standing in their way?
Honestly, as a committed libertarian, I believe in the free market, but a free market that is liberated for the sake of the consumer. There are laws on the books; there problems lie not with the regulations, but the regulators who refuse to do their job. At the same time, from AT&T’s view, cell phone consumers do not make choices nationally, but rather regionally, which is a valid point. Really, I have no beef with AT&T since I do not own an iphone nor do I plan on getting one. If the deal goes through, can AT&T at least keep Saturn Girl as its spokesperson?
Or for the orange and blue of AT&T, perhaps we can ask the Orange Lantern:
That’s BILLION with a “B” bro!!
the change is made.
Verizon also has the iPhone. Even if Sprint manages to snatch life from the jaws of death it would still be an Oligarchy and we are getting creepily close to the rise and return of Ma Bell.
However I do agree that it is incredibly important to ask whose free market is it? It is becoming abundantly clear to me that in the US the market economy is not for the consumer but for the producer
Otherwise known as chrony-capitalism or corporatist capitalism.
Can I just say….I love Saturn Girl!!
Yes you can. I wish I had time to read more of her comics, and more of others in general.