$5.1 Billion Seems Like A Lot of Money For Cell Phone Service

But it might not be enough. Dallas-based MetroPCS has offered an all-stock deal for rival Leap, valued at $5.1 billion. Says here that Wall Street isn’t impressed. MetroPCS may need to pony up more. (Yeah, I said it: Pony up, pony up, pony up.)

Update: Reuters has the figure at $5.3 billion. Bah. What’s an extra $.2 billion?

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