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Originally Posted by RootWind
To call people not using VZ?
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That's VZW's monopolistic point of view though. If they buy out Alltel (provided the FTC allows such a merger), they will, by far, be the largest carrier in the country. In turn, they will view IN calling as being as good as my circle because they will have the largest subscriber base in the country.
I hope the FTC doesn't allow it. The only large CDMA carriers left will be VZW and Sprint. Sprint will be dwarfed by the merger and Sprint is already in financial trouble. Also, roaming agreements between Alltel, VZW and Sprint benefit all three right now, but VZW could shut Sprint down almost immediately by not extending current roaming agreements.
If this merger does go through, I hope that Deutche Telekom (T-Mobile) merges with Sprint. I know, I know, incompatible technologies is what got Sprint into trouble the first place. But, there are already many "world" phones being produced that have both CDMA and GSM radios on board. It doesn't seem too far a stretch to imagine phones being produced that have CDMA and GSM radios, with U.S. frequencies and make them capable of handing off from CDMA to GSM towers.