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What good is it for T-Mobile to acquire a company with incompatible networks. T-mobile is GSM, Sprint is CDMA, Nextel is Iden. They have tried cross talk but not very well. Nextel has a problem with bad dealers.... Sprint and Nextel, and T-mobile lack continuous coverage. Let AT&T and T-Mobile merge (both GSM). Sprint can be absorbed by Verizon (CDMA). As far as Nextel it may be to little to late. It would have mad a great nationwide public safety network.. But do you really think they could agree on anything.
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Sprint uses the 1900 PCS band, which is what T-Mobile also uses. There would have to be some money spent but Sprint's CDMA/Iden networks could be shut down in favor of GSM, which is what T-Mobile would probably do anyways. It would take awhile, probably about a year, to combine the two companies into one in terms of customers, bandwidth, spectrum, frequencies, and handsets but it can be done. I hope they do buy Sprint.
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First off, why would tmo, which is a much lager company than att, merge with att.
Second off, i use tmo and i know it doesnt have the best coverage but it works for and i know the last thing i want is for it to be taken over by att so i can pay there expensive ass rate plan charges.
I agree 100% that a merger between sprint and tmo is a waste of time, but i seriously doubt and hope not that we will see tmo and att become one anytime soon
Second off, i use tmo and i know it doesnt have the best coverage but it works for and i know the last thing i want is for it to be taken over by att so i can pay there expensive ass rate plan charges.
I agree 100% that a merger between sprint and tmo is a waste of time, but i seriously doubt and hope not that we will see tmo and att become one anytime soon
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I agree it would be kinda pointless for that merge especially with 2 different kind of networks. Verizon would never be able to merge with Sprint. Sprint would have way to much debt to absorb. Sprint has spent way to much in the sponsership for nascar.
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That does not change the fact that OVERALL ... tmobile has poor coverage. It may be fine where you are at. But in the GLOBAL scope of things, nobody cares about you. And because YOU have good coverage in your little area, doesn't mean they have good coverage. It just means they have towers in your little hole. Tmobile does in fact have poor coverage compared to the other guys.
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lol funny, i dont like poor coverage and i know tmo isnt as good as att or verizon, but i live in a major metropolitan area were all carriers provide good service. when you buy a phone in my neck of the woods, its all about who has the best phones or the best deal, service really isnt a concern.
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Yup. That is my situation. Where I am at 95% of the time I get good coverage from all of the networks. So I choose AT&T because they get the best phones. Tmobile gets crap low spec phones, Verizon gets crap phones, and good ones later than everyone else. Same with Sprint. But I know it is due to the fact they are CDMA, and world wide, manufacturers prefer to make GSM phones because it gives them the biggest penetration for their devices. I only buy smartphones, so if you want the best of those .... there is no choice but to go AT&T.
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Why buy Sprint Its simple 1900 MHz spectrum. T-mobile already has the 1900 MHZ cell sites they use up. All they need to go is re-configure the radios with the added frequencies, and bam more capacity, etc, etc. Dumping Nextel is logical here as it make this this scenario very cheap, and you don't have to support something you don't already know like the back of your hand.
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