Re: Another monster merger (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2019 13:42:40 -0800 (PST)
 >
 > is this your cell phone company for your phone?

Yes.

And Sprint is the phone company for Credo.

Guess we're merging.

 >  > Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 18:38:26 +0000
 >  > From: "Nilda Muhr, FreePress.net" <http://www.freepress.net/~info>
 >  > 
 >  >         Noelle,
 >  > 
 >  > The T-Mobile/Sprint merger would raise prices for everyone — not just 
 >  > customers of these companies. And the impacts would be especially severe in 
 >  > Ca: In L.A. and Sacramento alone a majority of wireless users rely 
 >  > on T-Mobile and Sprint.
 >  > 
 >  > Speak out now: Urge the Ca Public Utilities Commission to reject 
 >  > this deal.
 >  > 
 >  > https://act.freepress.net/sign/tmobile_sprint_merger_ca/?t=1001&akid=11976%2E9361364%2EDImacr
 >  > 
 >  > Thanks!
 >  > 
 >  > Nilda
 >  > 
 >  > ---------------------------
 >  > 
 >  > Noelle,
 >  > 
 >  > T-Mobile is turning its back on Cans.
 >  > 
 >  > The company that shook up the wireless industry by ditching contracts and 
 >  > lowering costs is now pushing to merge with Sprint — a move that would lay 
 >  > off thousands of workers and disconnect the communities that rely most on 
 >  > affordable service.[1]
 >  > 
 >  > Tell the Ca Public Utilities Commission to stop this deal in its 
 >  > tracks — before it’s too late.
 >  > 
 >  > https://act.freepress.net/sign/tmobile_sprint_merger_ca/?t=1002&akid=11976%2E9361364%2EDImacr
 >  > 
 >  > This merger would destroy competition and raise prices across the nation, 
 >  > but the impacts would be especially severe in Ca. For instance, in 
 >  > Los Angeles and Sacramento, a majority of wireless subscribers depend on 
 >  > Sprint and T-Mobile. 
 >  > 
 >  > Here’s the good news: The Ca Public Utilities Commission is asking 
 >  > for public input on the merger from Cans like you. It’ll be 
 >  > holding hearings across the state and accepting written comments. 
 >  > 
 >  > Use Your Voice: Tell the CPUC how this disastrous merger would impact your 
 >  > community.
 >  > 
 >  > https://act.freepress.net/sign/tmobile_sprint_merger_ca/?t=1003&akid=11976%2E9361364%2EDImacr
 >  > 
 >  > The Communications Workers of America (CWA) estimates that more than 3,000 
 >  > Cans will lose their jobs if the merger is greenlit.[2] These jobs 
 >  > are mostly in retail locations, and T-Mobile and Sprint stores are clustered 
 >  > largely in low-income neighborhoods because they actually serve people who 
 >  > live there.
 >  > 
 >  > This merger means that poor Cans would lose service or have to 
 >  > forego basic necessities to stay connected to jobs, education, health care 
 >  > and loved ones. It means that thousands of Cans would lose their 
 >  > jobs. Tell the Ca Public Utilities Commission to reject the 
 >  > T-Mobile/Sprint merger and protect the public from greedy corporations.
 >  > 
 >  > https://act.freepress.net/sign/tmobile_sprint_merger_ca/?t=1004&akid=11976%2E9361364%2EDImacr
 >  > 
 >  > And in their comments at the FCC, T-Mobile and Sprint aren’t even 
 >  > pretending this merger would lower prices: their own economic models show 
 >  > that prepaid prices would rise.
 >  > 
 >  > Poor people are far more likely to rely on prepaid brands than middle- and 
 >  > high-income folks. And the reasons are really clear: These brands cost less 
 >  > and they don’t require credit checks. T-Mobile’s and Sprint’s prepaid 
 >  > brands, MetroPCS and Boost Mobile, compete with AT&T Prepaid for low-income 
 >  > customers. If this merger goes through, there will be only two national 
 >  > prepaid brands left.  
 >  > 
 >  > Protect yourself and your neighbors from having to pay more: Send the CPUC a 
 >  > comment about why the T-Mobile/Sprint merger would harm your community.
 >  > 
 >  > https://act.freepress.net/sign/tmobile_sprint_merger_ca/?t=1005&akid=11976%2E9361364%2EDImacr
 >  > 
 >  > Thanks for all that you do,
 >  > 
 >  > Nilda, Collette, Lucia and the rest of the Free Press team
 >  > freepress.net
 >  > 
 >  > P.S. If the T-Mobile/Sprint merger is approved everyone will pay more for 
 >  > wireless service — not just customers of these companies. Urge the 
 >  > Ca Public Utilities Commission to reject this deal.
 >  > 
 >  > https://act.freepress.net/sign/tmobile_sprint_merger_ca/?t=1006&akid=11976%2E9361364%2EDImacr