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State groups back AT&T-DirecTV while consumer advocate urges deal to be blocked

By Jeff Bliss and Chen Qi ( September 16, 2014, 22:17 GMT | Insight) -- State groups said AT&T’s planned buyout of DirecTV would extend broadband throughout the US while one consumer group and some members of the public said the $48.5 billion deal would shrink Internet options and urged the government to block it. The comments were among the more than 13,000 filed with the Federal Communications Commission by Tuesday, the deadline for initial public comments on the planned merger.State groups said AT&T’s planned buyout of DirecTV would extend broadband throughout the US while one consumer group and some members of the public said the $48.5 billion deal would shrink Internet options and urged the government to block it....

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