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Settlement reached though details withheld
(old news - 03:11PM Wednesday Jun 11 2008)
tags: business · wireless
As noted over the weekend, T-Mobile sued Starbucks over AT&T's recent 2-hour free Wi-Fi announcement, saying AT&T and Starbucks struck a back room deal without their authorization. T-Mobile still has some say in how things are managed until all Starbucks hotspots are transferred from T-Mobile to AT&T. Reuters now reports that all parties involved have struck an agreement, the exact terms of which ($$$) were not disclosed.

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LiamJunket
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·Comcast

I doubt any $ changes hands

Probably AT&T will modify their ad campaign to only promote in those areas where the cutover has already taken place and not do a national campaign until all Starbucks are under the AT&T deal.
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n2jtx

join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY

Maybe...

Maybe AT&T is going to buy T-Mobile They use the same technology. Then the Death Star will get even bigger.
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verizonuser

@myvzw.com

Re: Maybe...

How are they death star with there hugh ? and as you say getting bigger LOL.

NY Tel
Always 180 Degrees Out-of-Phase
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·VOIPo

said by n2jtx See Profile :

Maybe AT&T is going to buy T-Mobile They use the same technology. Then the Death Star will get even bigger.
Then they would be AT&TT

en102
Canadian, eh?

join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA

Re: Maybe...

Wouldn't happen... even though they use the same technology...they have the same footprint.
Its cheaper to 'steal' Sprint customers than to 'buy' T-Mobile's.
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NY Tel
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·VOIPo

Re: Maybe...

said by en102 See Profile :

Wouldn't happen... even though they use the same technology...they have the same footprint.
Its cheaper to 'steal' Sprint customers than to 'buy' T-Mobile's.
Or buy Sprint since they also use CDMA.

en102
Canadian, eh?

join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME

Re: Maybe...

Why buy Sprint, when you can have their customer defectors.

Sprint +
- WiMAX spectrum
- WiMAX deployment
- EVDO RevA network

Sprint -
- Many unsatisfied customers (high rate of churn)
- Multiple technologies - iDEN, CDMA, WiMAX and networks to support ($$$$$)
- Large debt (relative to others)
- Sprints network isn't compatible with AT&T
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NY Tel
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·VOIPo

Re: Maybe...

I was not suggesting that AT&T buy Sprint but that Verizon buy them.

Both CDMA
This would make VZ the biggest
Service would improve
Buy them for pennies on the dollar

IDEN is being sold by Sprint so they would not have to contend with that.
EPS

join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA

Re: Maybe...

Verizon is buying Alltel, which also makes them the biggest and also substantially improves their coverage area, without taking on Sprint's high churn.

But most importantly for any future VZ/VOD-S deal, VZ officials have said they'll hold off on acquisitions for awhile, to pay down the debt gained in the Alltel deal and the spectrum auction.

NY Tel
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Re: Maybe...

said by EPS See Profile :

Verizon is buying Alltel, which also makes them the biggest and also substantially improves their coverage area, without taking on Sprint's high churn.

But most importantly for any future VZ/VOD-S deal, VZ officials have said they'll hold off on acquisitions for awhile, to pay down the debt gained in the Alltel deal and the spectrum auction.
I know but it is fun to spend VZ's money on their behalf....

en102
Canadian, eh?

join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA

Re: Maybe...

Especially for Verizon... why purchase what you can poach for free.
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hottboiinnc
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Toledo, OH
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As i said before; Sprint would not have had a problem with the iDEN network if they would have shut down taking applications for Nextel and started moving customers over to the Sprint side when they signed new contracts and when they signed up. But no they were stupid and allowed people from the Sprint side to move over to Nextel which made them keep 2 networks.

Instead they should have given the Nextel customers the chance to move over to CDMA and improve their coverage and use Readylink instead of the PTT. It would have been a better change over than supporting 2 networks. But the former CEO didnt think of that.

en102
Canadian, eh?

join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA

Re: Maybe...

Doesn't bother me... I only use my Nexthell BB 7100i for work.
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dvd536
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Phoenix, AZ

said by n2jtx See Profile :

Maybe AT&T is going to buy T-Mobile They use the same technology. Then the Death Star will get even bigger.
Nooooooooooooooooooooo! t-mobile is decent here[other than their flat out refusal to shut off text messaging]
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odreian615

join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL
I would not be surprised since Verizon is buying Alltel
/Att and Verizon mega merger in 2015

inteller
Sociopaths always win.

join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK

Re: Maybe...

and then we can just refer to them as The Phone Company. After Walmart and Target merge we can just call them The Store.

Idiocracy is getting here faster than we think.
patcat88

join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY

said by n2jtx See Profile :

Maybe AT&T is going to buy T-Mobile They use the same technology. Then the Death Star will get even bigger.
Yep, the way mergers are going in the USA, its going to be like Canada with only 1 GSM provider. Hey, atleast TM users get free roaming.

NJxxxJon
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Me (not a starbucks fan.)

Sorry I dont pay 4.76 for a coffee and 52.47 a month on the iphone-plan-a-month bandwagon. Bad enough with gas.
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Re: Me (not a starbucks fan.)

said by NJxxxJon See Profile :

Sorry I dont pay 4.76 for a coffee and 52.47 a month on the iphone-plan-a-month bandwagon. Bad enough with gas.
Coffee costs $1.50 at Starbucks. Obviously you've never been there. Next time, comment on something you've actually experienced.

anon123

@fuse.net

does it work?

I was at starbucks today and was not able to log on. I called starbucks they were clueless. Called AT&T, they are also clueless, right now I am on the AT&T phone merry go round.
hottboiinnc
ME

join:2003-10-15
Toledo, OH

Re: does it work?

Thats why when you're a Fuse.net customer of Cinci Bell you use the hotspots that they're putting up all over town.
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