Verizon Sniffing Around Sprint

Verizon Sniffing Around Sprint: "People close to the Verizon camp say the big telco has started a so-called due diligence process at Sprint. The sources describe the work as at the 'fact finding' and information-gathering stage, with no formal discussions under way."

I think we have now seen speculation for every remaining feasible pairing permutation in this context. Maybe it's all destined to be a "natural monopoly" domain after all; it's certainly going to be a highly-concentrated oligopoly, at current course and speed...