Comment by echelon

This is at face value so absolutely insane, I wonder what alternate reality I woke up in today.

This is horrible for competition! Holy effing fuck. What is going on with our regulators?

The telecoms are reconsolidating:

http://online.wsj.com/media/attmap03282011.jpg

The service providers are consolidating

https://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-BQ192_cablec_G...

Biomedical

http://www.pm360online.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Histor...

It goes on and on. At this point I fully expect us all to one day do our banking at Google, receive our medical care from AT&T, and get all of our meals and groceries from Taco Bell.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gIcE4OvnqAY