| Friend,
T-Mobile and Sprint have spun a web of lies to make everyone think their proposed merger is good news. But we know the truth: This deal would raise prices, crush competition and disproportionately impact low-income folks and people of color.
We’re doing all we can to stop this merger — but we’ve got good news and bad news...
The bad news is that Trump’s FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, has recommended approval of this deal based on a series of empty promises that will do nothing to address its many harms.
The good news is that the Justice Department (DoJ) still has to approve the merger before it’s a done deal. And the agency is on the fence.
Here’s what you can do: Call the DoJ today at 202-804-1389 and tell regulators to reject the T-Mobile/Sprint merger. When the office picks up, here’s what you can say: I’m calling to ask you to block the T-Mobile/Sprint merger. Our antitrust laws should protect us from mergers like this that would raise prices and crush competition. |
If the government won’t block this classic massive horizontal merger, then our antitrust laws are meaningless.
This deal would leave the United States with only three nationwide wireless providers — crushing competition, raising prices and eliminating as many as 30,000 jobs across the country.
And the merger would disproportionately harm low-income people and communities of color, who rely on competition between T-Mobile and Sprint (and their prepaid services Boost, Metro and Virgin) to keep access affordable.
The T-Mobile/Sprint merger cannot happen: Call the Justice Department today at 202-804-1389 and tell regulators to do their job and block this awful deal.
Thanks for all you do—
Lucia, Nilda, Collette and the rest of the Free Press team
freepress.net
P.S. The FCC has made its bed, but there's still hope to stop this merger: The Justice Department hasn't yet weighed in. Call the DoJ at 202-804-1389 and urge regulators to reject the T-Mobile/Sprint deal.  |
