If you love TMo and want to keep it away from the Death Star, SIGN!!!!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/stop-t-mobile-from-being-bought-by-att/
nice idea...but seriously do these things even get anywhere?
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nice idea...but seriously do these things even get anywhere?
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It's called slacktivism - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slacktivism
And no, it doesn't.
Waste of TIME! I personally think it would be a good thing. Bigger/Biggest network to start, not like TMO employees would go anywhere, they'd still be there except working for AT&T, might teach AT&T CSR's a thing or two. Just my opinion though, and personally I don't that petition will amount to anything other than wishful thinking. I could/may be wrong but I don't think so.
Doesn't hurt
personally, I'm so mad about this I don't want to have a phone in 12 months if att/sprint/vw are the only options. Meh, take it as you will--just re-posting jIC.
If you want a petition that actually stands a tiny chance of going somewhere, try to get Google to buy T-Mobile. AT&T doesn't give a **** what some developers on an Android forum think. Google does, since this group of people helps expand their OS.
39 million is at stake here. Think about that.
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It's better wrote to congress, you know.
I signed it. I guess I'm an optimist, but I feel like anything I can try to prevent the merger should be done. You never truly know if it will work or not, and maybe the FCC and DOJ will actually listen to the people. But obviously my opinion differs from pretty much everybody else on XDA.
I thought it was 39 billion.
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39 million is at stake here. Think about that.
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thats Billion.....................
found the following and it might be helpful (maybe):
http://www.cell-phone-towers.com/will-the-att-merger-with-tmobile-help-consumers.html
AT&T doesn't care about customers. Sure it will be nice to claim most wireless customers in the US, but the real reason they're buying T-Mobile is for wireless spectrum. 39B USD is a nice deal for added wireless spectrum and the added customers is a nice bonus.
Write/call your congressional representative or the FCC. It'll mean more than signing an internet petition.
would there be a way to actually get out of contract BEFORE the merger starts without paying ETF because of this move?
wrote my congressmen about this I wonder if I will get any kind of response from them about it.
i like the idea...
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wrote my congressmen about this I wonder if I will get any kind of response from them about it.
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http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?lname=AT&T+Inc&year=2010
AT&T is just a little behind Verizon in contributions.
The list of recipients for their donations is also quite long.
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recips.php?cycle=2010&id=D000000076
And match up nicely with the House committee.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Energy_and_Commerce
signed! screw at&t!
Million. Haha. Yeah, billion! No voice is that loud.
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/shrugs/
If AT&T/T-Mo doesn't merge Verizon will have almost a monopoly on LTE becuase they gobbled up so much spectrum and will have such big coverage.
Sprint pretty much sacked themselves with the WiMax bull****. That was a bad move and it didn't really benefit them in the long-run, IMO, since GSM networks were able to upgrade to HSPA+ so quickly and cheaply (software upgrade) and rival their WiMax speeds (which is expensive to build out, not to mention those WiMax phones have terribad battery life when using 4G).
Sprint is complaining. Verizon doesn't care.
Do I care? No. I need at least 3G where I live and no carrier has it here yet, except AT&T. They're the only ones around here who are building their network out in rural areas. T-Mobile's network is too small. It's terribad for people who travel, too.
I hope this happens sooner than later. AT&T has better phones as well. And I've never had any CS issues with them...
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Didn't see this anywhere else.
http://androinica.com/2010/07/14/motorola-says-if-you-want-to-flash-custom-roms-buy-from-another-company/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+androinica+%28Androinica+-++A+Google+Android+Blog%29
Yeah, that sucks. Evo ftw!
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Yeah!
Screw all the people who jumped ship to the Droid X just because of some benchmarks that have no real impact on everyday use.
wow, way to copy the at&t/iphone model. tiered data plans and having your flagship phone in a walled garden.
if this isnt proof that the iphone is coming to vzw, then i dont know what is!
Yep, that's why i buy HTC
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wow, way to copy the at&t/iphone model. tiered data plans and having your flagship phone in a walled garden.
if this isnt proof that the iphone is coming to vzw, then i dont know what is!
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Don't tell the fanboys that...oh wait Verizon is the CDMA equivalent of AT&T
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Don't tell the fanboys that...oh wait Verizon is the CDMA equivalent of AT&T
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Except you actually get 3G service with Verizon. Atleast they can justify charging more with a great network, AT&T on the other hand...
Verizon has a great network so they can at least justify the extra costs. Not att.
As for the digitally locked boot loader, it cost them my sale. I'll keep my evo and maybe get an epic. If not then something else later in the year.
This is foolish on motorola's part. They are one device off of bankruptcy, the droid saved them and the hacker community saved the droid for many users. Motorola lacks the apple polish so I'm not sure I see the closed system working as well.
Don't much care about DroidX, The EVO is better anyway Seems like people just cling to the droid name similiar as people clinging to iPhone. I got sucked in for a couple days but quickly came to my senses, once you get past the whole "me too" droid moniker you realize the EVO is really where it's at
I have to admit though Verizon really has the advertising down and Android likely would not be where it's at today without them. So I hope the droid x is succesful enough for them to continue the ad campaigns because I am addicted to Android these days!
This is just my opinion of course...
When I went to a local motorola plant to try and buy hardware directly from them, they kinda looked down at met and said they don't sell to the public. Snooty elitest that acted like they were the mafia or something. Christ, the monkey at the desk in the lobby looked like a 350lb bouncer. They had many of their products behind glass cases, but they didn't want my money. I had people I knew that worked at their assembly plants in the past. They said that the way they were treated was like you are just a number and we can easily replace you. They had a employment agency fishing for people to work there. If you messed up on just one thing in the long and tedious interview process, you couldn't reapply for six months. F them! They may have been "good" back in the day, but I think they can take their attitude and stuff it. Even some of the people that are in engineering have the attitude like they're better than everyone else. I don't care that they are slowly dying as a company. They shouldn't care what you use their product for, as long as you are buying their product. Idiots.
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Except you actually get 3G service with Verizon. Atleast they can justify charging more with a great network, AT&T on the other hand...
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Verizon has a great network so they can at least justify the extra costs. Not att.
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Calm down you two. What I meant was the fact that Verizon and AT&T both have their flagship phones locked down.
Also...when I was the Death Star, the 3G service was pretty good. I just couldn't justify the extra $30+ a month.
Never liked Motorola,Verizon nor at&t.but I'm hopeing one day t-mobile and sprint merge together as one carrier and bring out gsm/cdma plus LTE world phones to whip Verizon and at&t.hopefully by 2012.
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I haven't closed my Death Star account yet... but I have to tell you I've had to use my AT&T phone to call Sprint 6 times since I got the phone on launch day. Why? Because my Sprint service was out.
And AT&T's 3G... no comparison. Sprint I'm lucky to get 500kbps consistently. AT&T I get at least 1.5Mbps consistently.
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And AT&T's 3G... no comparison. Sprint I'm lucky to get 500kbps consistently. AT&T I get at least 1.5Mbps consistently.
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Wow in SF I get 2mbps consistently with Sprint 3G
And I streamed Pandora high-quality without interruption driving from LV to SF. Try to do that with AT&T!
blazin-asian said:
wow, way to copy the at&t/iphone model. tiered data plans and having your flagship phone in a walled garden.
if this isnt proof that the iphone is coming to vzw, then i dont know what is!
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Most future phones are going to be locked down by the companies. That's until the devs get ahold of it. No phone is uncrackable!
It's just big company corporate thinking. They don't give a f if they're almost in the hole; they're out of loop with the rest of the world and most of the all, the end user.
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Never liked Motorola,Verizon nor at&t.but I'm hopeing one day t-mobile and sprint merge together as one carrier and bring out gsm/cdma plus LTE world phones to whip Verizon and at&t.hopefully by 2012.
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On that note, there's something I've always dreamed of: A truly universal phone. Pentaband GSM/GPRS/etc., CDMA, WiMax, and LTE. Unreasonable now? Yes. Unreasonable in a year or two? Nope. Especially if the Sprint/T-Mobile merger works out.
I pity people who still have iDEN phones.
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Most future phones are going to be locked down by the companies. That's until the devs get ahold of it. No phone is uncrackable!
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I'm sure Milestone users have a different opinion.
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I'm sure Milestone users have a different opinion.
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Yeah! Hasn't the Milestone been out for like a year with no luck? Poor guys.... I just hope that all Android phone hardware developers out there are nice enough to let the consumer know if their device will be locked down before it gets released. I would be very sad if I bought a Droid X and didn't know it couldn't be cooked. EVO I love thee.
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Wow in SF I get 2mbps consistently with Sprint 3G
And I streamed Pandora high-quality without interruption driving from LV to SF. Try to do that with AT&T!
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When I had Sprint from 06 to Feb of this year, I got 2+ consistently... their network in Denver is completely shot now. I'm hoping its just because of the upgrades for 4G... But either way, I think its ironic I've had to call Sprint from my ATT phone for tech support.
i will have plenty of time to handle, talk about, and play with the Nexus S at work. I will not settle for T-Mobile quality coverage so I will not own it.
Unless the AT&T variant drops right away as well...which is nowhere in sight. If it drops 3 months later like i had to wait for N1...i will be abandoning the Nexus line and will replace with my N1 with something else....in 3 months an AT&T Nexus S will be a waste.
color me disappointed. maybe if i was credit challenged i could have a T-Mobile Nexus S. (not a shot at any of you, t-mobile just isnt quality at all around here, in a major city market., you only have it if you cant get approved for a big carrier)
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maybe if i was credit challenged i could have a T-Mobile Nexus S. (not a shot at any of you, t-mobile just isnt quality at all around here, in a major city market., you only have it if you cant get approved for a big carrier)
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That is the most ignorant statement I have heard all day. I can understand and respect if T-Mobile service is not good where you are and hence you don't want it, but to assume only people with credit issues use T-Mobile reflects very poorly on the person making such a statement.
so basically this whole post is to just call T-Mobile crap? okay.
Well at least on T-Mobile i can make phone calls which is more than anyone can say about AssT&T
At&t is way overrated. I feel lucky to be where I am at.
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When I heard the news my parents were switching to tmobile I was ecstatic for two reasons. Nexus s just got announced and no more of at&t and their nuthugging of apple.
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color me disappointed. maybe if i was credit challenged i could have a T-Mobile Nexus S. (not a shot at any of you,
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LOL people like you amaze me
BTW this nexus s section isn't even a week old why even post a farewell
demo23019 said:
LOL people like you amaze me
BTW this nexus section isn't even a week old why even post a farewell
EDIT
ADMIN need to move thank you button i want to quote and now im always hitting this new thanks button
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I don't see "thanks" button because I use classic theme (I don't want to see the online members' list occupy half of the page).
I guess OP wanted to insult T-Mobile by complaining NS doesn't have 850/1900 UMTS this time.
Back to pre-2009 before N900 came to market, many T-Mobile users *****ed like crazy for no unlocked phones with AWS 3G support.
Wasn't AT&T JUST rated the WORST carrier in the country?
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Wasn't AT&T JUST rated the WORST carrier in the country?
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yup! AssT&T wins again. and by win i mean lose.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704156304576003423395003238.html
I may hate the iPhone, but i can't wait till it leaves AT&T and goes to Verizon. Watch AT&T lose 30 Million subscribers in a day.
don't let the door hit you on the way out champ. And don't bother making a thread when you do come back either.
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i will have plenty of time to handle, talk about, and play with the Nexus S at work. I will not settle for T-Mobile quality coverage so I will not own it.
Unless the AT&T variant drops right away as well...which is nowhere in sight. If it drops 3 months later like i had to wait for N1...i will be abandoning the Nexus line and will replace with my N1 with something else....in 3 months an AT&T Nexus S will be a waste.
color me disappointed. maybe if i was credit challenged i could have a T-Mobile Nexus S. (not a shot at any of you, t-mobile just isnt quality at all around here, in a major city market., you only have it if you cant get approved for a big carrier)
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There's always the best Galaxy s phone, the Epic, on sprint
Working for Best Buy Mobile, I deal with costumers from all providers. And I must say AT&T is making harder on themselves. Their customer support has gotten worse, their policies are more strict. They are losing customers left and right. And many of them are ready to jump to VRZ, not just because of the iPhone either. I have T-Mobile, never had a dropped call. I had Cingular/ATT before, and it was drop call after drop call. I live in Philadelphia, and around it's suburbs. AT&T better fix their act. Even Virgin Mobile's 25$ 300minutes with unlimited text/web is looking better now. And they are getting Android phones now too Not to mention ATT's phone lineup is based around the iPhone to reign supreme.
Excellent statement. Totally agree with you.
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That is the most ignorant statement I have heard all day. I can understand and respect if T-Mobile service is not good where you are and hence you don't want it, but to assume only people with credit issues use T-Mobile reflects very poorly on the person making such a statement.
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Just another example of XDA troll's that pop along and make a statement and dont even hang around to back it up. I live in London and even here we know about AT&T's terrible service in the states....
Im with T-Mobile in the UK and i must say they are fantastic, easily the best UK carrier by a mile)
So its a shame you had to breathe to say farewell, wait.... It was a shame you breathed at all, lol
Now don't come back ya'hear;P
Go buy an iPhone and live in blissful ignorance
JD
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Just another example of XDA troll's that pop along and make a statement and dont even hang around to back it up. I live in London and even here we know about AT&T's terrible service in the states....
Im with T-Mobile in the UK and i must say they are fantastic, easily the best UK carrier by a mile)
So its a shame you had to breathe to say farewell, wait.... It was a shame you breathed at all, lol
Now don't come back ya'hear;P
Go buy an iPhone and live in blissful ignorance
JD
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T-Mobile is fast and reliable in NYC though my daily experience of voice and internet.
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T-Mobile is fast and reliable in NYC though my daily experience of voice and internet.
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There is no better choice in NYC. Great voice quality and a solid reliable data network that handles peak usage times and locations better then any of the competition. (VZW also handles them well, but with slower data)
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maybe if i was credit challenged i could have a T-Mobile Nexus S. (not a shot at any of you, t-mobile just isnt quality at all around here, in a major city market., you only have it if you cant get approved for a big carrier)
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As a (presumed) Best Buy employee, I'm sure you are exactly the kind of ambassador the company wants providing representation of them, here at XDA.
Nice job disparaging both your customers AND T-Mobile, all in a single lame post! ...... Classy!!!
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The guy is a total lameo, he comes on here, says something completely idiotic and runs off. Like a total pranny.
I would have had more respect for the **** if he hung around and backed up his claims with hard evidence and a thought provoking argument. But alas, i think this dude needs to go back to pre school and learn how to communicate.
JD
Did anyone catch the CEO of sprint, Dan Hess on this? I was very impressed with what he had to say. He was very confident and addressed real issues that I see us sprint fanatics discuss. I'm sure it will be up in youtube shortly. He was calm and confident, he said that they investing in clearwire is going to continue even with clearwire's financial woes. Thoughts, Opinions?
I'll wait until I see improvements on the phone in my hand...
Would like to see the video, though.
Will look for it. But that Kramer guy is a total clown. Usually keeps me from ever thinking of tuning in.
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Although people are generally whiny and complain-y about Sprint, especially on these forums, Sprint has made a lot of positive improvements as of the last couple years.
Their phone line up = :thumbs up:
They need to pick a "4g" standard, continue to improve their customer service and their network and I think they're good to go.
They may never be number 1.
But honestly, I don't think I'd want them to be as it would require bending over the customer. [No really, pay attention to the "number 1" businesses across most sectors, they are usually the most greedy and rated worst for customer service]
Sprint's outlook is pretty good.
I think their number 1 priority should be to hurry up on getting that iDen network down and running LTE or Wimax or whatever through it.
I agree I have seen a lot of changes at sprint mostly for the better. Although I have seen the network speed drop so ce the evo's release. I chalk that up to the added users on smart phones. Either way 3g is plenty fine for me. 4g kills my battery and have only used it once to try it out and see what the fuss was. I will stick to 3g just get it running solid.
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Im very impressed with them bumping 4G upload speeds to 1.5mb for everyone. I guess that's a start......
The future is bright for Sprint just wait guys!
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Uh looks like the merger might not be happening after all! Wow big news. The Sprint / TMOBUS may happen if this falls through.
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I am satisfied by this
Sad news indeed.
wow... this is EXCELLENT news.
what's really saddening to me, though, is that I truly believed that my government would allow for this merger to occur. that says a lot about my faith in those who I've elected to represent my country. oh well, at least (for once), it looks like the gov't will be favoring the people over big business... that's refreshing.
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This is good news for us T-MO users! We don't want AT&T bringing their bad customer service over here and their shoddy rate plans and bad business. If they win, then AT&T users will benefit more, leaching from tmobile's data network. Let att expand by themselves no one wants to be forced into something they didn't pay for. Plus if they join, they'll be too many Iphones clogging the data streams, slowing down the HD video calls, people rarely use.
FYI this does not make the deal completely dead yet, the FCC would still have to rule on it! So this merger still has a chance, just not a good one.
I myself am really hoping this deal goes through!
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FYI this does not make the deal completely dead yet, the FCC would still have to rule on it! So this merger still has a chance, just not a good one.
I myself am really hoping this deal goes through!
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FYI this does not make the deal completely dead yet, the FCC would still have to rule on it! So this merger still has a chance, just not a good one.
I myself am really hoping this deal goes through!
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They need to hurry it up and just cancel this already, this will leave only AT&T as the main provider for GSM phones in the US! That's not a good thing, there will be less variety for the consumer and less competition for AT&T....AT&T went down the drain as soon as it brought Cingular back in the day, I would never use them again, I rather go back to Sprint. We'll be stuck with limited data, high rates, high rates, and extremely high taxes and rates. Why can't DTE or whatever realize this isn't good for competition and the consumers?
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We are certainly the minority!
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They need to hurry it up and just cancel this already, this will leave only AT&T as the main provider for GSM phones in the US! That's not a good thing, there will be less variety for the consumer and less competition for AT&T....AT&T went down the drain as soon as it brought Cingular back in the day, I would never use them again, I rather go back to Sprint.
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AT&T never actually bought Cingular. Cingular was part of the AT&T conglomerate all along. The only thing that was done was a name change from Cingular to AT&T. If you go into the APN settings of an AT&T phone, you'll still see the Cingular name.
But Cingular did buy out Cellular One.
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...because it is blatantly anti-competitive and a deal that was struck with no intention of bettering the industry with the consumer in mind.
I guess if you like kissing big businesses' asses and fanning their executives with exotic leaves while feeding them grapes from gold-plated platters this might be the type of merger you'd support, but other than that... really?
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AT&T never actually bought Cingular. Cingular was part of the AT&T conglomerate all along. The only thing that was done was a name change from Cingular to AT&T. If you go into the APN settings of an AT&T phone, you'll still see the Cingular name.
But Cingular did buy out Cellular One.
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But Cingular merged and is now under AT&T, I'm sure they replaced the cingular employees during their take over, I'm sure the same will happen if T-mobile is taken too-even more people could end up w/o jobs. I'm aware if they acquire tmobile they'll expand 4G, and will create LTE stations in various areas, which is a good thing at least. But I don't like the rate plans being used by AT&T at all, to get my current plan renewed under AT&T would actually put me at a loss, and probably others that are on Prepaid/Flex-pay.
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...because it is blatantly anti-competitive and a deal that was struck with no intention of bettering the industry with the consumer in mind.
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I disagree, i am a consumer and it would definitely benefit me! Especially since i dont want to go to t-mo, but i sure do want their network!
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I disagree, i am a consumer and it would definitely benefit me! Especially since i dont want to go to t-mo, but i sure do want their network!
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The network expansion and possible job creation are the only upsides to the acquisition here, but who wants to pay an arm and a leg for their plan? I made a dummy plan to compare rates, and unlimited on AT&T is way beyond 100, compared to the ~75[exc taxes] i've been paying on tmobile. I'm sure Sprint and verizon are cheaper than that too.
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But Cingular merged and is now under AT&T, I'm sure they replaced the cingular employees during their take over, I'm sure the same will happen if T-mobile is taken too-even more people could end up w/o jobs. I'm aware if they acquire tmobile they'll expand 4G, and will create LTE stations in various areas, which is a good thing at least. But I don't like the rate plans being used by AT&T at all, to get my current plan renewed under AT&T would actually put me at a loss, and probably others that are on Prepaid/Flex-pay.
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Cingular didn't merge with itself. Cingular existed as an AT&T division all along. There was no change to Cingular other than the name change. Some time before the name change, Cingular did buy out Cellular One. CO was a completely different company and, no doubt, CO's employees were adjusted.
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I disagree, i am a consumer and it would definitely benefit me! Especially since i dont want to go to t-mo, but i sure do want their network!
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yep, so it benefits you, the AT&T customer, and screws everyone else... including people who have nothing to do with AT&T or T-MO.
guys, it's really simple:
less competition, worse for consumers. it's not rocket science.
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I disagree, i am a consumer and it would definitely benefit me! Especially since i dont want to go to t-mo, but i sure do want their network!
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I wouldn't mind a list of bullet points as to why you think this merger benefits the consumer...
Not you, "the consumer".
AT&T would improve it's network? They had an opportunity to do that for $3.8 mil once before and didn't jump at the chance... they didn't care about YOU enough to build up the network they're already sitting on. The writing is on the wall here and even lowly simpletons can make out exactly what would happen... Rate plans = up (for both parties customers), Network = the same with the addition of "some" LTE stations which you may or may not be able to utilize fully and customer service would diminish. If you want the merger simply to utilize Tmobiles network, then go ahead and pay your ETF and jump ship... we don't have unlimited data anymore (in anticipation for this merger, gaurunteed) and the rates have slowly risen up and customer loyalty is already starting to fall.
"We'll add 5000 domestic jobs"....
yea, it's called slapping your ATT signs on existing T-Mobile call centers... lol.
The FCC would be amazing if they get behind this block and it all falls through. At least at that point Tmobile could die a slow death and THEN at&t can pick up the pieces, assuming Sprint doesn't come up with a miracle.
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yep, so it benefits you, the AT&T customer, and screws everyone else... including people who have nothing to do with AT&T or T-MO.
guys, it's really simple:
less competition, worse for consumers. it's not rocket science.
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But...but...they have the iPhone
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yep, so it benefits you, the AT&T customer, and screws everyone else... including people who have nothing to do with AT&T or T-MO.
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Believe it or not, i am not the only one, sure it benefits AT&T customers, but there are also T-MO people that were looking forward to it as well. So it doesnt screw everyone else!
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Cingular didn't merge with itself. Cingular existed as an AT&T division all along. There was no change to Cingular other than the name change. Some time before the name change, Cingular did buy out Cellular One. CO was a completely different company and, no doubt, CO's employees were adjusted.
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Okay, so Cingular bought AT&T, and CO, then AT&T replaced Cingular name-wise later on?
http://news.consumerreports.org/ele...umer-reports-cell-phone-survey-att-worst.html
Look at that from last year, I've heard nothing but bad stories of the support from at&t, I don't want to experience it myself.
Seems At&T has withdrawn for the time being.
Gizmodo article http://gizmodo.com/5863594/fcc-turns-the-screwsreleases-damning-report-on-withdrawn-attt+mobile-merger
Full FCC staff analysis findings http://transition.fcc.gov/transaction/ATT-TMO-redacted-PDF-final.pdf Skip to item #266 on page 111 for FCC recommendations.
For now we can all breath a sigh of relief (those of us who opposed the deal/AT&T).
No AT&T/ T-Mobile merger
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i wouldn't say that yet, still possible.
Yes, I've read that it's not the end of it(but I really doubt this will pass through).
Yeah but DTC wants out of the US so somebody has to buy it. I'm glad that someone isnt at&t, I hope a big tech company like Google picks it up though. Can you guys imagine how awesome they would be?
junglerumble said:
Yeah but DTC wants out of the US so somebody has to buy it. I'm glad that someone isnt at&t, I hope a big tech company like Google picks it up though. Can you guys imagine how awesome they would be?
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I could make a long list of companies I would rather see acquire T-Mo than AT&T. Quite frankly just about any other company would be ok with only two or three that come to mind that probably wouldn't be such a good idea.
I would love to see google but t-mobile maybe then they would sell the prime
They are already working on Plan B which would be a Joint-Venture...
junglerumble said:
Yeah but DTC wants out of the US so somebody has to buy it. I'm glad that someone isnt at&t, I hope a big tech company like Google picks it up though. Can you guys imagine how awesome they would be?
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You know. For wanting to get out of the USA they sure aren't being very successful. If the deal went through they would get 8% of AT&T stocks, which would make them the single biggest shareholder. Which means they could push things around to get AT&T to adopt more of the T-mobile policies and ideology. I'm not for the merger but there are some pluses. Just hate AT&T and their overcharging plans.
Google + T-mobile = G-mobile!!
Google just needs to purchase T-Mobile Google knows how to be under dog then rise to top we all know the story
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I like the sound of G-Mobile!
Got an Android device? Free Internet for you!
Ok ok I know that's stupid, but I would love Google to acquire T-Mobile too.
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