Originally Posted by dcpatti

The $3b AT&T paid to T-mobile was to cover any potential collateral damage to T-mobile's brand name; both parties spun it so that t-mobile's finances, business plan, customer base, network, etc were as weak and unfavorable as possible, and that t-mobile wouldn't survive on their own. The $3b was to be a huge cash infusion to keep investors and customers from fleeing if the merger didn't go through. Who wouldn't pull their investment in a company after seeing pages and pages of affidavits that the company was sure to go bust if they didn't tie up with the competition?
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