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Comments on news posted 2011-03-21 13:46:32: After surprising everybody with their Sunday announcement that they'd be buying T-Mobile for $39 billion, AT&T today began the difficult process of trying to convince the public and regulators that eliminating one of the four major carriers -- while .. ..

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VerizonCynic

join:2006-10-25
Lakewood, CA

reply to fifty nine

Re: AT&T-Mobile

Forget all you 4G fanbois..I am goin with ATT+T 5G!!

Storage_Guy

join:2006-04-30
Benton Harbor, MI

If my plan changes

I will stay with T-Mobile as long as I keep my Even More Plus family plan...but I really doubt that will happen once AT&T takes over. Then it's over to Sprint for my family.


WeSRT4

join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL

reply to i1me2ao

Re: prices

She's been back... I guess you didn't notice since you've been busy doing commercials.

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCFMDLakxaY


WeSRT4

join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL

Petition to deny approval

I'll be signing it for sure. Let's get it going!


WeSRT4

join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL

Sprint

Sprint needs to go ahead and buy up Cellular South and a couple of other regional carriers. It's the only way they can survive. If they had decent coverage here I'd be porting right now.

I could also see Comcast buying out Sprint.... it will be interesting for sure.


stevennb
Ok, But, Thats The Last Straw.
Premium
join:2001-05-08
Wayne, NJ

reply to Gbcue

Re: AT&T-Mobile

Do you get paid for each time you type the word "Robust"?


fifty nine

join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
kudos:2

reply to Simba7

Re: So glad I just left for Verizon

said by Simba7:

said by fifty nine:

It's all about the money. But the FiOS fanboys got theirs so all hail Verizon.

If I could get FiOS here, I'd jump right over.

..but this is Montana, so I highly doubt we'll ever see it.

No FiOS for you! You'll take capped LTE and enjoy it!

jagged

join:2003-07-01
Boynton Beach, FL

reply to egilbe

Re: AT&T-Mobile

kudos to you
im thinking of working on a site or something to make it easier on people and get em involved

posthaste

join:2001-05-20
Champaign, IL

Just Sayin'

»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Bell

"In 1934, the government set AT&T up as a regulated monopoly under the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission, in the Communications Act of 1934."

The difference now is that they are an unregulated monopoly, with the Dept. of Justice in their back pocket.

Instead of the DOJ smashing the Ma Bell monopoly as in 1984, you have them blessing each merger.

Facism, as defined by Mussolini, is the combining of State and Corporate power.

Just sayin'.
--
“The hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency: their sole object is gain.”

- Napoleon Bonaparte


Simba7
I Void Warranties

join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT

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reply to VerizonCynic

Re: AT&T-Mobile

said by VerizonCynic:

Forget all you 4G fanbois..I am goin with ATT+T 5G!!

I thought they were coming out with InfiniG next year.

"at&t's new InfiniG technology.. Infinity times better than your current xG service! Guaranteed to exceed your caps in under a minute of usage, and check out our overage fees per BIT!"

VerizonCynic

join:2006-10-25
Lakewood, CA

start writing now

»www.marketwatch.com/story/why-at···11-03-21

(MarketWatch) — AT&T Inc.’s surprise $39 billion deal to acquire T-Mobile USA stunned the telecom sector Monday, giving a lift to several telecom companies, but sending Sprint Nextel Corp. shares into the red as the No. 3 U.S wireless carrier was seen as the big loser from the deal.

AT&T shares edged up 2% to $28.52 after the No. 2 wireless carrier in the U.S. said it would acquire T-Mobile, the nation’s No. 4 mobile-phone company, for $25 billion in cash and the remaining $14 billion in AT&T stock. Deutsche Telekom AG the parent company of T-Mobile, saw its U.S.-traded shares climb as much as 14% following the deal’s announcement.


Simba7
I Void Warranties

join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT

reply to fifty nine

Re: So glad I just left for Verizon

said by fifty nine:

No FiOS for you! You'll take capped LTE and enjoy it!

..if we even see LTE here.. Maybe in 3-5 years (which is typical).

For now, I'll enjoy my unlimited smartphone 3G goodness. No extra fees here and no bill-in-a-box.


treichhart

join:2006-12-12
Reviews:
·AT&T Wireless Br..

Its going happen no matter how many signatures you get

Its going to happen no matter how many signatures you get. Just look at centurylink and qwest? look at comcast and NBC? look at verizon wireless and alltel wireless? only 2 big players I see in wireless is going to be ATT and Verizon.

ATT wireless already bought out:
cingular
Centennial Wireless
now T-Mobile.

if anything happens big would be verizon wireless buys out sprint then verizon would be the biggest wireless carrier.


Simba7
I Void Warranties

join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT

reply to VerizonCynic

Re: can we call it AT&T&T ?

said by VerizonCynic:

lol. We also need a new "death star" logo

Just convert the "death star" into the Borg cube and they'd be all set for this decade.

"You 'WILL' be assimilated into the collective!"


S_engineer
Premium
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL

reply to VerizonCynic

May I present to you...Mr. and Mrs. T


veloslave
Geek For God
Premium
join:2003-07-11
Pleasant Hill, CA

Did they really say "lower prices"???

Really?

How utterly and incredibly insulting.
--
Mom was right.... I NEED fiber!


TCub
Premium
join:2008-09-03
Olmsted Falls, OH
kudos:4

reply to WeSRT4

Re: Petition to deny approval

I was thinking the same thing this morning. I'd bet there would be plenty of signatures. I don't think anyone started on yet.

Crookshanks

join:2008-02-04
Northeast PA
Reviews:
·Frontier Communi..

reply to fifty nine

Re: So glad I just left for Verizon

said by fifty nine:

But just look at how they have basically hung out many customers in rural and even suburban areas to dry

Why does Verizon always get criticized for this while T-Mobile gets a pass in spite of the fact that they haven't even bothered to serve those same markets?

Punch up T-Mobile's coverage map for rural America and compare it against Verizon. It's not even close. In my area of Upstate NY T-Mobile is useless the minute you leave the city or wander more than two miles off the interstate.

I realize you are talking about the wireline side of Verizon as opposed to the wireless side but I've never been able to figure out why T-Mobile is immune to this criticism while Verizon is ripped for it. At least with regards to wireless service Verizon makes an effort to reach rural customers.


MyEye
The eyes have it
Premium
join:2004-06-07
Natick, MA
Reviews:
·Verizon Online DSL

reply to n2jtx

Re: Hope It Fails - covering my eye.

said by n2jtx:

I have a 500 minute a month plan with unlimited nights and weekends for $29.99/month without a contract. Am I stupid enough to think AT&T will let me keep THAT plan as long as I choose to be a customer? Fat chance! They will probably tell me I need an unwanted smartphone (have an iPod Touch 4 that I am happy with) with 300 minutes a month, text package and data plan for $89.99.

Yes, 500! Me too ... the non-contract part was a welcome path to purchase a non-advertised Nokia phone which meets all my needs and works with well with T-mobile. I probably could have predicted something like this would happen, though. It almost always follows a product purchase that I can really afford and am totally satisfied with ... like a few obsolete artifacts floating around my Warehouse 13 basement!


Cheese
Premium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
kudos:1

reply to Gbcue

Re: AT&T-Mobile

And it's not really 4G either
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