Cynic, moi?
Dare I suggest that this was a paper grant, never expected or intended to achieve it's goals and constructed to be cancelled quiely?
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"From Day One, our [7 million joint] customers will enjoy faster, more reliable coverage over more of the country – and without paying a penny extra. We are confident that this transaction will deliver significant benefits to our customers, the country and competition, and we look forward to working closely with the CMA as they review our notification."
Our 7 million locked in customers will find their levels of service quality go down (yes, it is possible, even from a low start) and their bills go up.
It would be quicker, easier, and probably more cost-effective to just ban their adverts appearing there.
From The Grauaniad - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/16/elon-musk-antisemitic-tweet-adl
Elon Musk tweeted his fervent agreement with an antisemitic statement on Wednesday night.
By affirming an antisemitic trope, Elon Musk sinks to a dangerous new low
A tweet posted by @breakingbaht on Wednesday night read: “Jewish communties [sic] have been pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them.”
The billionaire owner and CTO of X, formerly Twitter, responded the same evening: “You have said the actual truth.” In another reply, he wrote: “I am deeply offended by ADL’s messaging and any other groups who push de facto anti-white racism or anti-Asian racism or racism of any kind.” Musk has feuded with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) before, threatening to sue over its accounting of hate speech on his social media network.