said by 78036364:said by IPPlanMan:This merger is so ridiculous. Sprint has the SoftBank money/backing and can stand on its own. T-Mobile can as well.
This is sounding more and more like the failed AT&T acquisition.
WRONG. yes 75 million people that have access to Verizon and At&t don't won't and never will have access to either. If they merger they can. Fact, 3 TRUE nationwide carriers of equal strength are better for competition than 2 TRUE nationwide carriers that are strong and 2 semi-nationwide carriers that are weak.
I hope that you get properly paid for your contributions because it has been so far nothing else than big corporate propaganda.
It has been proven in European countries that the idea of 3 national carriers does not work and does not guarantee competition.
TMO and sprint are not semi-nationwide. Thay are as nationwide as Tea or verizon, except they have weak rural coverage. And why do they have weak rural coverage? Because unlike tea and Verizon, they did not get the chance to slaughter Alltel which used to be the company with the largest geographical coverage .
To call a company with tens of millions of customers and gaining millions fast is truly an example of propaganda. You can call Amazon weak as well then.
Last not least, TMO/ Sprint merger will not noticeable increase their rural coverage, which is their weakest point, because their coverage is in both cases metropolitan based. In that sense, TMO customers would be even more screwed than after a merger with Tea.
Going together for the spectrum auction is certainly a good idea regardless.