even though someone said this is an old news, i just want to keep the discussion alive. When the major telecomm act of 1996 was released everyone dreamed that all small companies and wanna be will get an equal opportunity to get a chuck out of this billion dollor industry. well this is still true but one this still hunts me; the whole purpose of implementing the 1996 Act to better pave the way for smaller fish in this big telecomm ocean is going against its own rule, I mean isn't all this merger going to affect the smaller fish in the tank? just a thought. please help me