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You're assuming an awful lot here.

Not really. I'm assuming two things: one, that Epic will allow all 3 versions of the game to be played together. This is very likely, especially given that console versions of FPS games as far back as Quake III Arena for the Dreamcast were playable with the PC version. Of course, the Dreamcast players got their butts kicked, but that wasn't their fault. And two, Epic will continue to allow the community to make their own servers, rather than forcing them to play on Epic's servers. I'm sure Epic will run their own servers, but only a few: they'll be vastly outnumbered by the fan-hosted servers available. This is how it's been done for years, and I'm really not seeing a reason why they wouldn't allow console players to join those fan-hosted PC version servers.

Unreal Championship is Epic's version of UT for console players who may not want to play online. Epic could have kept UT2K7 on the PC, and just released another UC game for the 360 and PS3. But instead, they consciously chose to release UT2K7 for all 3 platforms. This strongly suggests that Sony has an online strategy that's at least good enough to handle UT.

"I'm assuming two things: one, that Epic will allow all 3 versions of the game to be played together."

That's a hell of an assumption. It's not a common thing to do at all. Most online-centric games aren't even released on more than one platform, much less allow cross-platform play. It might be the future direction of games, but to assume that UT2007 will have this feature without some good evidence is assuming quite a lot.

"And two, Epic will continue to allow the community to make their own servers, rather than forcing them to play on Epic's servers."

This would make integrating their system with an Xbox 360 and PS3 service even harder.

"This strongly suggests that Sony has an online strategy that's at least good enough to handle UT."

That's a huge leap. It only suggests that Epic thinks it can make UT2007 work on the PS3, which doesn't require any service from Sony other than shipping the console with built-in online capability. (and although an Xbox 360 version isn't that unlikely, it probably won't come out on the Revolution, and hasn't been anounced for either to my knowledge).