Once the company has consolidated, the overhead office space in non hub cities will be sold. As far as Stanley’s vision is concerned he sold that line when he was a proponent of the DTV and TW merger deals.
His only option now is streamline the company and play catch up or break it up and sell it off piece meal.
Off loading the pension to an insurance company was the first step.
The only M&A deals that will happen is that AT&T will be taken over. The company is on no position for any major acquisitions!!