AOL Time Warner

AOL Time Warner Inc. has made a bid to acquire a major part of AT&T cables system. The first talks between the two companies started in July of 2001. At the present time AOL Time Warner handles close to half of the Internet-access market in America. Adding AT&T’s assets to it would allow AOL Time Warner to reach a broader audience. It is in the best interest of the phone company to create …showed first 75 words of 455 total…

…showed last 75 words of 455 total…that it may turn into a monopoly. If they are to sell to anyone it should not be to AOL Time Warner it should be to another company that does not already own a big part of the cable and Internet industry. If AT&T does sell to AOL Time Warner there should be stipulations on the things that the larger company should be allowed to manipulate to keep it from performing like a monopoly.