Why is Sprint against AT&T&T-Mobile?

Sprint is doing everything it can to block the purchase of T-Mobile by AT&T. They have filed briefs, requested confidential AT&T filings, made public statements, and run around shouting "that's not fair."

And I don't understand why. They say that it will stifle competition and prevent smaller companies (them) from getting the best phones and technology, as AT&T and T-Mobile combined would have about 129 million subscribers, compared with 94.1 million for Verizon Wireless and 49.9 million at Sprint.

Yeah... but not really. I mean, 50 million is still a lot of subscribers, and there are many many good phones out there with many different manufacturers making them. Honestly, with the exceptions of Blackberry and Apple - the difference between top-end Andoid (or Windows) phones these days? Meh. One is pretty damn similar to another. Sprint has never had the iPhone and possibly never will, and Sprint and Blackberry have always been close, as have Sprint and Palm/HP. 

Really, if I were Dan Hesse - I would be looking at this as a huge opportunity. With T-Mobile gone, how many value providers are there? Sprint and.... MetroPCS??? I mean, this is fantastic news for Sprint. Everyone, and I really mean everyone, who had T-Mobile had it because it was cheaper than AT&T and Verizon. Sure, AT&T will honor your current T-Mobile contract, but looking for a new low-cost contract? Sprint is going to be your only option. I think that unless AT&T started offering cheap plans - it wont - they will lose many of their new T-Mobile customers to Sprint. Especially if Sprint can come up with some cheap family plan options, which seemed to be the bread-and-butter of T-Mobile. 

So really Sprint - I think you are looking at this the wrong way. This is not Coke vs. Pepsi vs RC Cola...

yeah.... This is the best you could do Cadbury-Schweppes? Stick to Dr. Pepper... 

It is more like Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and Charles Schwab (and we are talking about the retail brokerage business here - not the Goldman proprietary-trading screw our clients business). 

So Sprint, stop your whining, keep offering your low cost services, and you'll be growing like mad.