Gene Kimmelman

At the time the government broke up ATT, what many people don't realize is that Congress was in the process of passing legislation that would have also restructured or broken up ATT, so there was enormous parallel tracking between the Justice Department case and the congressional effort to restructure the telephone monopoly.

Whether it ends up being an antitrust investigation or not, the public is going to expect that the government is now really taking charge of everything people are worried about. ... If we don't get antitrust action, I think there'll be increased pressure for doing something else.

This is a warning sign for Google, it's quite clear the Department of Justice will be at least scrutinizing their behavior very carefully.

It will get a hard look and it will depend on whether they will w... by Gene Kimmelman

It will get a hard look and it will depend on whether they will work out conditions.

The Charter/Time Warner Cable deal’s more of an Federal Communications Commission focus and there they have still a heavy lift. Will cable prices go up ? Will broadband prices go up ?

I thought (opposing the merger) was an uphill battle and a real l... by Gene Kimmelman

I thought (opposing the merger) was an uphill battle and a real long shot.