Same as many idiots believe the misleading T-Mobile marketing with all goodies to retain their defrauded customers and low price with hidden problems such as poor or no signals within certain areas in the cities or in buildings, etc. I left T-Mobile regardless their excellent goodies and low price due to poor coverages between cities while traveling and poor signals in buildings. I am with Verizon now and gladly do not have any issues while I was T-Mobile while traveling and in buildings including elevators, restroom in buildings and basements. Lower price with poor coverages at rural areas, some areas within the metropolitan cities/zip codes and poor to no signals in buildings are not worth the low price. You get what you pay for. Fortunate for me and those who can have Verizon with the best coverage in and out buildings and widest areas in the US. It is not marketing like T-Mobile but it is a fact.
Which “idiots” are you referring to? The ones that are correct? Whether you want to use the adjective vastly is a personal style. But if the “idiots” are correct, what does that make the smart people who are incorrect?
A merger is usually followed by job lay-off to decrease or eliminate position duplication such as customer service personnel, accounting, etc ,as many many merged company companies. So creating job is almost fake news unless newly created positions which do not exist prior to the merger are created for unlimited period of time, which are rare. All promises by both CEOs should not be believed until they materialize. More customers are definite because Sprint customers become T-Mobile customers. Improved coverage is sure but not much to be able to be equal with Verizon. Sprint coverage is worse than T-Mobile. “unprecedented network capacities” is fake news. There are some precedents network capacities before. Do your research. Lower prices for customers? That is unlikely unless there are some cuts or innovation made to compensate T-Mobile profit margin. No companies want to have low profit margin especially their shareholders. In summary, for all T-Mobile and Sprint customers and employees, do not get too excited about the merger with all good times be true promises. Analyze all facts from business perspective and merger history of other organizations with similar type business situation: the one who takes over trying to maximize their position with the ones who got taken over who merged, which is usually weak on their business position. What are impacts to competition word and customers?
Sprint and T-Mobile have finally reached a merger agreement, which means if approved by regulators, two of the four major carriers in the United States will combine into one entity in an all-stock deal worth billions.
The new combined company will be named T-Mobile and current T-Mobile CEO John Legere will serve as the Chief Executive Officer. Sprint and T-Mobile say the company will be a "force for positive change" in the U.S. wireless, video, and broadband industries, supercharging T-Mobile's Un-carrier strategy and allowing the new company to "lead in the 5G era."
According to the terms of the deal, T-Mobile plans to exchange 9.75 Sprint shares for each T-Mobile share. Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile's parent company, will own 42 percent of the combined company and SoftBank, Sprint's parent company, will own 27 percent. Deutsche Telekom will have voting rights over 69 percent of the new company and will appoint nine of its 14 directors, while Sprint will appoint four.
T-Mobile CEO John Legere said that the combined company will "create a fierce competitor" that's able to "deliver more for consumers and businesses in the form of lower prices, more innovation, and a second-to-none network experience," while current Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure, who will serve on the board of the new company, said that the merger will make the U.S. a "hotbed for innovation."Along with the faster rollout of 5G technology, Sprint and T-Mobile say the merger will lead to job creation, lower prices for consumers, improved coverage, and "unprecedented network capacity."
The deal between Sprint and T-Mobile still needs to be approved by antitrust regulators in the United States, but if it goes through, the U.S. will have three major carriers rather four. The combined Sprint and T-Mobile company will have nearly 100 million customers, putting it second only to Verizon.
Sprint and T-Mobile are aiming to close the deal "no later" than first half of 2019. More information about the merger can be found in the press release and in a new "All for 5G" website the two companies have created.
Article Link: Sprint and T-Mobile Reach Merger Agreement, Plan for 'World's Best' 5G Network
What’s crazy to me is that people think the carrier financing is a scheme or you’re getting conned out of more money. You’re not. It’s simple math. You actually pay less than you were when they were still doing the two year contracts. Plus, if you know how to game the system, you can actually end up paying far less than contract price or full price for most of the phones.
I surely would use Apple bank, it’d be cool if they’d only offer Apple Pay debit cards, which then causes stores to have to accept nfc now. Not doing so would be like not accepting credit cards.
