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Re: One for the home team

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:41:49 EDT

HarleyYac posted : Agreed!! Victory ....... for now

Re: One for the home team

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:58:02 EDT

tiger72 posted :

said by GDougToronto :

Ironically, USA has also lost some money: Verizon is paying Uncle Sam $2.6 billion LESS due to the tax write-off gained by paying T0-Mobile. The USA is in dire financial straits, and losing $2.6 billion of tax.

4.0 billion gross (breakup fee) minus 1.4 billion net (net cost to Verizon) means 2.6 billion is being saved somewhere. Bingo! That's by paying Uncle Sam less. The tax write off. Isn't the U.S. in financial stress these days? The U.S. just got "cheated" out on 2.6 billion, didn't they?

Read this again: Verizon is paying a foreign company $2.6 billion instead of patriotically back to ourselves (as taxes that can pay for infrastructure or pay down debt, etc). Ouch.

Although this is probably preferable (pick the lesser poison) than pairing up with T-Mobile.

So a corollary of this happenings, is the taxation laws are at least a wee little bit screwy too -- needs a bit fixing there, don't most people agree?

There's so much wrong with your comment, I don't even know where to begin.

I assume you're mixing up Verizon and ATT - no problem. But the write-off is due to ATT incurring losses due to expenditures on the merger. Every company in the United States is allowed to write-off losses. This is nothing new. It only sounds crazy because it's either:
a) such a large amount
or
b) you don't understand our tax system in the very least.
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Re: One for the home team

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:33:36 EDT

anon posted : Ironically, USA has also lost some money: Verizon is paying Uncle Sam $2.6 billion LESS due to the tax write-off gained by paying T0-Mobile. The USA is in dire financial straits, and losing $2.6 billion of tax.

4.0 billion gross (breakup fee) minus 1.4 billion net (net cost to Verizon) means 2.6 billion is being saved somewhere. Bingo! That's by paying Uncle Sam less. The tax write off. Isn't the U.S. in financial stress these days? The U.S. just got "cheated" out on 2.6 billion, didn't they?

Read this again: Verizon is paying a foreign company $2.6 billion instead of patriotically back to ourselves (as taxes that can pay for infrastructure or pay down debt, etc). Ouch.

Although this is probably preferable (pick the lesser poison) than pairing up with T-Mobile.

So a corollary of this happenings, is the taxation laws are at least a wee little bit screwy too -- needs a bit fixing there, don't most people agree?

Re: One for the home team

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:19:10 EDT

KrK posted : Now, we must block SOPA and PROTECT IP.

Amazing, isn't it?

Re: One for the home team

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:43:38 EDT

TechWhiz posted :

said by en103:

T-Mobile will still be sold off or picked apart.

You remember all the people who said the AT&T/T-Mobile merger was a done deal? I wouldn't be predicting anything so soon.

Re: One for the home team

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:33:10 EDT

tiger72 posted : T-Mobile iPhone customers are getting a pretty good christmas present.

Reports are filing in that T-Mobile has activated 3g on the 1900mhz band in some areas.

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more info here: »www.howardforums.com/showthread.···-HSPA-4G

(Mobile Network 260 is T-Mobile-USA)
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Re: One for the home team

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:04:26 EDT

Papageno posted : Well, I'm a current T-Mobile customer, both for prepaid cellular (they've got the best deal out there if you're an infrequent cell phone user) and prepaid mobile broadband (again, they have the best deal that actually delivers the goods--unlike VirginMobileUSA--at least for me), so I'm pretty psyched.

Re: One for the home team

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:50:54 EDT

en103 posted : I don't think Verizon Wireless was ever worried. I personally dislike VZW (more than AT&T Wireless actually :p ), so it doesn't make me feel much better (40% of VZW is actually not a 'home team', and 100% of T-Mobile ownership is not a home team).

Re: One for the home team

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:27:40 EDT

Gbcue posted : Yes!!!!!

Re: One for the home team

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:12:01 EDT

thegeek posted : Verizon is a winner as well. They will remain the largest wireless provider in the US.

Re: One for the home team

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:31:46 EDT

en103 posted : Unfortunately... its too early to call 'Victory' for anyone, unless you're a current T-Mobile customer, or Sprint executive.

Winners ??
T-Mobile customers (currently)
Sprint

Losers: AT&T obviously
T-Mobile itself and customers. T-Mobile will still be sold off or picked apart.

One for the home team

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:07:50 EDT

rit56 posted : Victory!!!!!