5G, a cell tower on every block.
Disaster
And it's never going to happen in rural areas, so the newly merged partners will ignore rural needs while trying, with extreme difficulty, to build out their fabulous 5G network.
5G, a cell tower on every block.
Disaster
All the carriers screw one-line customers on postpaid. If you have one line you should be using one of the in-house prepaid divisions or an MVNO. The real deals on postpaid are family plans with 4+ lines, that's who the carriers really want on postpaid.For my cellular use, $80 per month for one line is too expensive.
If that's actually true, then Verizon and AT&T won't oppose this merger. Why would they if T-Mobile gives them the gift of being able to raise prices?Less competition means higher prices.
Let’s get real here, this is all about T-Mo getting the snail’s customers and no longer sitting at the kid’s table while the “grownups” laugh at the big table. Anything else is a bonus.Well, look at that — T-Mobile wants to merge with the snail (taken from the T-Mo home page).
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Let’s get real here, this is all about T-Mo getting the snail’s customers and no longer sitting at the kid’s table while the “grownups” laugh at the big table. Anything else is a bonus.
Never going to happen.
The thing most people don't realize is what T-Mobile and Sprint are in this country.
90% of Americans living close to or below the poverty level use T-Mobile, Sprint, or one of their MVNO carriers that operate on their network. The two carriers and their MVNOs make up 14 of the top 18 MVNO carriers, all which would be at risk if the two merged.
If the carriers were to merge, it could potentially turn 14 carriers into one. So those who say it doesn't eliminate competition don't understand the reality of the situation.
It can't happen. If it does, it'll be the end of wireless competitive pricing in America as we know it. Every time carriers try to merge, they promise jobs, more competition, and better coverage. My question to TMO is this, what happened to their last several times they came promising coverage to Rural America? It's complete garbage when a wireless company's CEO comes on and begs for public support by promising bringing rural coverage to America. It hasn't happened in 25 years of promises and 25 years of mergers. It's not going to happen now.
Want to see choice, competition, and technological progress end in America? Support this merger.
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I guess a sucker is born every day. Every merger in US history has been sold by CEOs saying expedited technology adoption and rural coverage will happen if the merger is approved. If you buy into this then I have some beachfront property in Idaho to sell you. This has been the sell every time. And has never happened in the history of US wireless carrier mergers.
Especially iPhones although not everyone on T-Mobile have iPhones. Regardless there is a huge amount of people on T-Mobile using iPhones myself included.Interesting you think people living below poverty level have a phone.
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
Interesting you think people living below poverty level have a phone.
I think it might be more the carier lock in thsn cdma vs gsm, when you have a system (to my knowlage) only being deployed only in the US, you have limited bracket for handsets and mobile chipsets, so guess what gets more r&d spending. On top of it all, if you get into an area with no/limited CDMA coverage there might not be seamless or indeed any seamless roaming to a gsm network, which adds up tons rather poor customer experience. And since all or at least most carriers of scumbags anyway people tend to blame the one thing that separates them so CDMA gets a bad rep. These are my 2 cents, I am almost certainly wrong in at least one of my assumptions (if I'm lucky) so corrections will be aprecuatedWhy the hate on CDMA? CDMA is so superior that the "GSM" carriers use it now instead of GSM.
I used to work for T-Mobile and they do cater to people of lower income, higher churn, worse credit. I your main message is about your price what do you expect, and ATT & Verizon may cost more but they have superior service. You may not notice it if you don't really travel out side metro circles.I have a hard time believing that T-mobile and Sprint are the carriers of choice for those with lower incomes, at least from my experience. I’ve typically seen those who are not doing well financially with Verizon and AT&T and they insist on paying the higher price because they Mistankenly believe that it’s worth significantly more. I personally use T-Mobile as do most of my friends and family, and none of us are anywhere near financial difficulty.
That being said I do believe this merger won’t be good for the Telecom industry as it won’t foster as much competition as it used to.
Excerpt from microwavenews.com below:
“Clear Evidence” of Cell Phone Cancer Risk, Say Leading Pathologists
Why Peer Review Panel and NTP Interpreted the Same Animal Data Differently
Now a peer review panel —11 pathologists and toxicologists from academia and industry and one statistician— has concluded that there is “clear evidence of carcinogenic activity” in those male rats.
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They didn't kill long term contracts, they simply reversed the structure and placed the financial burden on the consumer. You now pay $1,000 for a phone you used to pay $200-300 for with contract. You had an ETF if you break that contract but the ETF was to cover the phone discount you inherently received when signing the contract. The vast majority of AT&T and VZWs customers are long term, repeat subscribers. The days of bouncing from carrier to carrier are over. Knowing this, the companies realized that people wanted the latest smartphone and they (AT&T/VZW/T-Mo/Sprint) no longer had to subsidize a phone to get people to use their service.
Remember, MetroPCS was operating on CDMA when TMobile bought them. It can happen.
If that's actually true, then Verizon and AT&T won't oppose this merger. Why would they if T-Mobile gives them the gift of being able to raise prices?
Never going to happen.
The thing most people don't realize is what T-Mobile and Sprint are in this country.
90% of Americans living close to or below the poverty level use T-Mobile, Sprint, or one of their MVNO carriers that operate on their network. The two carriers and their MVNOs make up 14 of the top 18 MVNO carriers, all which would be at risk if the two merged.
If the carriers were to merge, it could potentially turn 14 carriers into one. So those who say it doesn't eliminate competition don't understand the reality of the situation.
It can't happen. If it does, it'll be the end of wireless competitive pricing in America as we know it. Every time carriers try to merge, they promise jobs, more competition, and better coverage. My question to TMO is this, what happened to their last several times they came promising coverage to Rural America? It's complete garbage when a wireless company's CEO comes on and begs for public support by promising bringing rural coverage to America. It hasn't happened in 25 years of promises and 25 years of mergers. It's not going to happen now.
Want to see choice, competition, and technological progress end in America? Support this merger.