AT&T over Verizon? Really?

I read the following article and think really?

The Motley Fool: Wall Street to Verizon Communications Inc.: "Can You Hear Us Now?" http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw-c3tgyA

AT&T has Uverse which is loved by many and unavailable to most. Now I believe that Directv is a great company that provides a great product, but it will need a serious transformation to remain relevant moving forward.

Dish introduced SlingTV in January and of of late has become better with the expansion of devices it is available on. It still needs some work to become a viable option for most, but it is a step in the right direction to get cord cutters interested in television again.

Television is offered from Verizon in some places with their high speed Internet. Verizon wireless is the nation's largest cell phone provider and is expected to launch a mobile television service this summer that will certainly compete with SlingTV and Directv. They are doing it with their own acquired resources without the need to purchase a large television provider.

I think the acquisition of Directv is a step in the wrong direction for AT&T without an alternate motive. The analysis may be doing this to take short term equity profit while investing in a devalued Verizon stock.