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Old 07-23-2008, 10:29 PM
Mark Crispin
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Default Re: Verizon takes a larger share of the wireless market

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Todd Allcock posted:
> Didn't Cingular's acquisition of AT&T Wireless put it ahead of Verizon a
> few years ago? The Dobson acquisition was only a few million customers.


Nope. The ATTWS acquisition put it close, but Dobson brought it over.

> Although I really don't know why anyone cares about the "most subscribers"
> total anyway.


I agree. That comment was just to tweak the noses of the fanboys who
think that there is something significant about AT&T currently having the
"most subscribers".

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