The real reason for this is that the Obama administration worked to hold down ATT by denying the buy out of T-Mobile. Verizon is the chosen partner of the Obama administration. They have one in just about every field of enterprise, Goldman Sachs in banking and investment, Warren Buffet’s railroad, GE in green energy, and on and on.
Best decision the 0bozo regime ever made was to effectively stop the crappy AT&T from taking over T-Mobile. I love my service and the very good rates I get from T-Mobile. The last thing I need is for AT&T to take over T-Mobile and ruin it. And I am speaking as a guy that used to have AT&T several years ago. I managed to escape from their clutches. Never again!