AT&T’s T-Mobile Bid Draws Comments From Cowboys, Balloonists

Cowboys’ mobile telephone service out on the range will improve if AT&T Inc. buys T-Mobile USA Inc., according to the United States Cattlemen’s Association.

“It’s always been a joke to us: More bars in more places. Yeah, but those bars ain’t in these places,” said Jess Peterson, the trade group’s executive vice president, referring in an interview to an old AT&T ad campaign.