Tell us YOUR thoughts on the AT&T and T-Mobile Merger

[DavidinCT]

Originally Posted by 2 Bunny

Bad idea. Even though most of us aren't GSM customers, it's still better in the long run if nobody has a monopoly of anything.

- 2 Bunny

If you had 3 choices what would you chose? T-moble WILL be sold, it's just to who and when.

1. An American company buys then, keeps profits from it in the US and allows jobs to expand. Never mind current customers would get better coverage and makes better coverage for GSM carriers in the US.
2. A out of the US company buys it, all profits go outside of the country, same as it is now, they could expand it or leave it the way it is.
3. A broker buys them out, breaks the company up into pieces, every thing from towers to the spectrum, customers are sold to the highest bidder(and could have to stay in their contract).

I still vote for AT&T to get it. There can be only good from it and to be honest, a GSM carrier is not a good fit for Sprint or Verizon, so they are out of the picture. It would be best for both AT&T and T-moble customers, better coverage (T-mobile users will have the chance to break free from any contract if they don't like the change of terms)

I would rather see US GSM coverage get better and KEEP THE JOBS AND PROFIT HERE

[2 Bunny]

Originally Posted by DavidinCT

If you had 3 choices what would you chose? T-moble WILL be sold, it's just to who and when.

1. An American company buys then, keeps profits from it in the US and allows jobs to expand. Never mind current customers would get better coverage and makes better coverage for GSM carriers in the US.
2. A out of the US company buys it, all profits go outside of the country, same as it is now, they could expand it or leave it the way it is.
3. A broker buys them out, breaks the company up into pieces, every thing from towers to the spectrum, customers are sold to the highest bidder(and could have to stay in their contract).

I still vote for AT&T to get it. There can be only good from it and to be honest, a GSM carrier is not a good fit for Sprint or Verizon, so they are out of the picture. It would be best for both AT&T and T-moble customers, better coverage (T-mobile users will have the chance to break free from any contract if they don't like the change of terms)

I would rather see US GSM coverage get better and KEEP THE JOBS AND PROFIT HERE

How would that create jobs? We don't need a monopoly, plus we don't need higher prices either. Couldn't they just not sell out?

"If it ain't broke, don't "fix" it..."

- 2 Bunny

[Merovingian]

Originally Posted by DavidinCT

If you had 3 choices what would you chose? T-moble WILL be sold, it's just to who and when.

1. An American company buys then, keeps profits from it in the US and allows jobs to expand. Never mind current customers would get better coverage and makes better coverage for GSM carriers in the US.
2. A out of the US company buys it, all profits go outside of the country, same as it is now, they could expand it or leave it the way it is.
3. A broker buys them out, breaks the company up into pieces, every thing from towers to the spectrum, customers are sold to the highest bidder(and could have to stay in their contract).

I still vote for AT&T to get it. There can be only good from it and to be honest, a GSM carrier is not a good fit for Sprint or Verizon, so they are out of the picture. It would be best for both AT&T and T-moble customers, better coverage (T-mobile users will have the chance to break free from any contract if they don't like the change of terms)

I would rather see US GSM coverage get better and KEEP THE JOBS AND PROFIT HERE

Even if a foreign company bought Tmo, how are they going to ship the jobs overseas? We seem to forget that Tmo's parent company is/was German Deutsche Telecom.

So network engineers and such are going to be foreigners??
Besides, jobs are going to be LOST because Tmo and AT&T are in parallel industries so there is overlap.
I notice Tmo/AT&T/Sprint/Bestbuy stores usually not far from each other competing for business. What do you think is going to happen to the Tmo stores and the employees once they merge? There will be no need for a Tmo and AT&T store in the same vicinity, one has to go.

More competition brings about lower prices, better services and more innovation, not less competition (at least in theory).

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[rainfreak]

It looks like the Chair of the Senate's Antitrust Subcommittee is seeking to block the merger...

Chair of the Senate’s Antitrust Subcommitteee seeks to block AT&T – T-Mobile merger | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligence

[elesbb]

last i heard this was a no go , shut down by (i forget exact company) but it was a organization led by the govt. they said ATT is NOT allowed to buy out TMO in order to keep competition .

[eric12341]

Originally Posted by elesbb

last i heard this was a no go , shut down by (i forget exact company) but it was a organization led by the govt. they said ATT is NOT allowed to buy out TMO in order to keep competition .

Looks like they've finally given up:
AT&T withdraws bid to buy T-Mobile | wpcentral | Windows Phone News, Forums, and Reviews

[Dr.8820]

Wirelessly posted (WP7 Beta Tester: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0; XBLWP7; ZuneWP7))

....now Douche Deutsche need to in invest in their network....

[2 Bunny]

Originally Posted by eric12341

Looks like they've finally given up:
AT&T withdraws bid to buy T-Mobile | wpcentral | Windows Phone News, Forums, and Reviews

Finally.

- 2B

[eric12341]

Originally Posted by 2 Bunny

Finally.

- 2B

Indeed but now we get idiotic writeups like this:

T-Mobile's future: Zombie carrier | ZDNet

[2 Bunny]

Originally Posted by eric12341

Indeed but now we get idiotic writeups like this:

T-Mobile's future: Zombie carrier | ZDNet

I didn't write that - I promise .

Remind me again though, what frequency are they on?

- 2B