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Sprint and T-Mobile Reach Merger Agreement, Plan for 'World's Best' 5G Network
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Ha! Lower prices and job creation? Riiight....becuase mergers never result in job redundencies and “efficiencies” and reducing competition always means lower prices!
In all seriousness, this may be good overall, but why do these CEOs need to spew false garbage about job creation? It is just insulting.
In all seriousness, this may be good overall, but why do these CEOs need to spew false garbage about job creation? It is just insulting.
Terrible news, prices will go up to match Verizon and AT&T. Also, alot of people will lose their jobs due to duplication of services. Hope the government stops this.
CDMA is being killed off, I believe even Verizon is looking at shutting it down.
But even still, a CDMA based network merging with a GSM network - how is this expected to go smoothly?
Mergers are almost never good for consumers.
I find T-Mobile works just about everywhere these days.
Sprints customer service is the absolute worst there is amongst all of the cellular companies.
Ultimately this will result in higher prices for everyone because there will be reduced competition, so here's to hoping the regulators do the right thing and block this merger and block it fast. They need to make it clear that we will accept no less than four major carriers in the U.S.
Sprints customer service is the absolute worst there is amongst all of the cellular companies.
Ultimately this will result in higher prices for everyone because there will be reduced competition, so here's to hoping the regulators do the right thing and block this merger and block it fast. They need to make it clear that we will accept no less than four major carriers in the U.S.
Thank god!
Instead of 2 tiny carriers (T-Mobile and Sprint) trying to go up against 2 behemoth carriers (ATT and Verizon), we now get 3 large carriers; ATT, Verizon and T-Sprint battling each other in a 3-way race, while US Cellular gets bumped up the list to take the place of what Sprint/T-Mobile was before.
Instead of 2 tiny carriers (T-Mobile and Sprint) trying to go up against 2 behemoth carriers (ATT and Verizon), we now get 3 large carriers; ATT, Verizon and T-Sprint battling each other in a 3-way race, while US Cellular gets bumped up the list to take the place of what Sprint/T-Mobile was before.
Remember, MetroPCS was operating on CDMA when TMobile bought them. It can happen.
Obviously one less company is good for consumers. Gee I hope the .gov doesn't step in and ruin the merger. Heck they should just let all the companies merge so there is just one worldwide company that provides everything for us, that would be best of all!!!
We could call it "the company" or "mommy."
We could call it "the company" or "mommy."
This is different than AT&T and Verizon... how?
Well, look at that — T-Mobile wants to merge with the snail (taken from the T-Mo home page).
Lol poverty people are only ones using t mobile. GTFO. That is the most ridiculous thing I have read.
At first glance less competitors doesn't seem like a good thing, and I get that.
However, I do think this is necessary to compete with Verizon & AT&T.
I think T-Mobile knows they'll have to be on their best anti-consumer behavior going forward and that will lend itself to all sorts of goodies for us the customer.
This merger validates my calculated move to join T-Mobile back in 2014, after having been with AT&T for 10 years. I could see the writing on the wall back then that T-Mobile was going places, and I wanted to come along for the ride.
I'm proud of John and the work he has done for the wireless industry here in the States. Much like myself, he likes to be on the bleeding edge. With this merger we'll continue to be there for the foreseeable future.
However, I do think this is necessary to compete with Verizon & AT&T.
I think T-Mobile knows they'll have to be on their best anti-consumer behavior going forward and that will lend itself to all sorts of goodies for us the customer.
This merger validates my calculated move to join T-Mobile back in 2014, after having been with AT&T for 10 years. I could see the writing on the wall back then that T-Mobile was going places, and I wanted to come along for the ride.
I'm proud of John and the work he has done for the wireless industry here in the States. Much like myself, he likes to be on the bleeding edge. With this merger we'll continue to be there for the foreseeable future.
Unfortunately he's also the reason T-Mobile has a "one size fits all" plan which is just as expensive as most other carriers. I bought into T-Mobile early(ish) on when they still had several pricing plans and it was good. For my cellular use, $80 per month for one line is too expensive. I just don't use the cell network that much. Virtually all of my data use is over WiFi (my own or my employer's) which never touches T-Mobile's network, and I use less than 50 minutes of voice per month. One size fits all is not a good fit for me, but I'll be damned if I'll ever pay Verizon another penny (long story) and AT&T's mobile plans are just as expensive if not more than T-Mobile's.
I had Sprint 10-15 years ago and they SUCKED. I switched to AT&T to get the iPhone and never looked back.
I switched to T-Mobile 1 year ago for their unlimited data plan. If I even catch a whiff of Sprint's BS pouring over into T-Mobile, I will switch carriers in a heartbeat.
I switched to T-Mobile 1 year ago for their unlimited data plan. If I even catch a whiff of Sprint's BS pouring over into T-Mobile, I will switch carriers in a heartbeat.
None of these MVNOs matter. They’re all owned by one of the four carriers anyway. There are currently two carriers that dominate the wireless industry. I don’t even have to mention their names and everyone knows who they are. I’d love for tmobile/sprint to join to at least (hopefully) make it three equal carriers. If it wasn’t for T-Mobile, we wouldn’t even have unlimited plans and would still be paying for going over arbitrary caps that the two put in. And if everything I read about 5g is remotely true, then the monopoly of Comcast/cable for home internet is over as well.
You bring up an interesting point about MVNO's, which I intend to research; however, you lose credibility when you proclaim that this would be the end of "technological progress" and that three robust companies would no longer compete or provide choice.
After the 149 million verizon subscribers and how many Sprint subscribers convert to GSM.
Agreed. Could have an impact. I also live in an at&t dominated area. I know people who would jump the at&t ship to go to this.
You may want to read as written not as you interpret. I didn't say it would be the end of progress, I merely pointed out that every prior wireless merger was sold on the fact that technological progress would accelerate and it's never come to fruition.
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The largest operator in the world (the Carlos Slim companies) owns about 6 MVNOs that operate on Sprint and T-Mobile. Are you saying that Carlos Slim owns Sprint and T-Mobile? Hmm, that's news to me. You may want to fact check yourself.
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I love how people here read what they want. Most does not equal all.
So if it's rainy most days in Seattle, do you think it rains every day? Literacy is important and this is why people need education in America. Most men have short hair. That doesn't mean no man has long hair. Welcome to enlightenment!
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You're confusing education and enlightenment with income levels. SPRINT and TMO have far lower credit standards, and their MVNOs have no credit standards.
I agree, many idiots believe the ATT\VZW marketing that they have vastly superior coverage. For many they do. For some they don't.
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But there has been no acceleration in innovation as a result, and there has been zero progress toward bringing coverage to the rural masses, that's for sure.
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That's a DISTANT horizon you're trying to peer over... like 5+ years.. likely 3-4 until there's any real 5G deployment, and probably another 2-3 before iPhone adopts it.
