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I don't think this is a good idea for customers. Even Sprint acquiring T-mobile is a bad idea, but this is much worse. At least with Sprint buying T-mobile you'd have 3 equal sized companies, but in this case, I wouldn't be surprised if Sprint eventually gets bought by Verizon, and then Americans will really be in trouble.
Who is to say that Sprint won't get acquired by AT&T?
That would be unlikely (or at least, less likely) considering that Sprint uses CDMA, while AT&T uses GSM. T-Mobile's network would be easier for AT&T to integrate.