WCOM will be no#1?!?! Mot even by a long shot, in fact the merged WCOM+MCI wont be tgat far ahead of Sprint. WCOM as many others have said is a monmetum stock, or as I call it, a buzz stock. Even the rosy forecasts by the analysts say that WCOMs pre share profits wont even be close to that of AT&T, and again I must restate, WCOM will be relatively cash poor after the merger, a fact that no WCOM supporters do not respond to.
WCOM is no MS, AT&T is basically in MS positions, while WCOM is in Netscapes position, being a buzz stock for a while untill people caught on that its profits are not that hot. T will not fall, while one more hic up in the market will cause WCOM to crumble.