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Sprint needs to STFU and Get out of others business

teedawgg

Mar 22, 2011, 5:45 PM
I don't find it fair that Sprint is trying to stop another company from growing, because they can't keep their customers on their network.

This is going to benefit so many people, In my area, the combined AT&T/T-Mobile towers is going to finally make signal what both company's should have, I have had both AT&T and T-Mobile, and the Tampa bay area I live in has completely different coverage for both carriers... The combination is going to be great.

AT&T is rapidly developing, and compared to Verizon, AT&T is much less expensive a month... Sure, for now you get unlimited data at Verizon; but do you even use enough for that to matter?

It ticks me off that nobody complained when Verizon bought ALLTEL, giving Verizon a SUBSTANTIAL LEAD...
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Omagus

Mar 22, 2011, 6:16 PM
teedawgg said:
This is going to benefit so many people, In my area, the combined AT&T/T-Mobile towers is going to finally make signal what both company's should have...It ticks me off that nobody complained when Verizon bought ALLTEL


It's going to benefit people who own large shares of AT&T, and that's about it. If they really cared about improving call quality, they could easily work out roaming deals with one another.

As for the Verizon/Alltel comparison: 1) Alltel was not a nationwide carrier; and 2) buying it did not give Verizon complete control of CDMA in the US.
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teedawgg

Mar 22, 2011, 6:24 PM
Explain to me how it would only benefit people with shares, because the combination of the towers is just a beneficial to the customer. And since when was Alltel not a national carrier?

How is it going to give AT&T full GSM power, there are plenty of smaller regional GSM carriers...
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rarodrig26

Mar 22, 2011, 6:29 PM
Alltel was NEVER a national carrier. And people who actually need GSM for world service, not just so they can swap sim cards whenever they want, will only have one REAL choice - at&t.
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Omagus

Mar 22, 2011, 6:42 PM
Oh, pardon me. It would only give AT&T control of 99% of the GSM networks in the US. And yes, that is a fact.

And it would only benefit large shareholders because that is where your money would go. This deal would mean that AT&T would have virtually no competition for GSM handsets (meaning there is no incentive to give good deals on them) or people who need phones that work internationally. Long term effect is that AT&T would not only be big enough to charge what it wants for phones AND plans, it would also be big enough to actually get away with it.

For a full breakdown: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-atts-dea l-for-t-mobile-must-be-blocked-2011-03-21

As for Alltel, it didn't have native coverage in NYC, LA, Chicago, San Franc...
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Slammer

Mar 22, 2011, 6:42 PM
The towers are not the issue. And frankly, neither are the subscribers.

The issue is spectrum rights. With VZW and ATT acquiring the last bit of spectrum, no startup carrier to create choice would emerge. It doesn't matter if you go to cricket. It doesn't matter if you go to Teedawg Wireless or Slammer Communicatications. In the end, it is only ATT's network or VZW's network. You still play by their pricing tiers and rules no matter who you buy from.Teedawg and Slammer would only be able to sell those two services.

I hope this clarifies the seriousness of this concern.

John B.
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Ghostly Captain Ahash

Mar 22, 2011, 7:50 PM
at "Teedawg Wireless".

That is all.
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Jayshmay

Mar 23, 2011, 4:58 AM
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pickles

Mar 22, 2011, 8:43 PM
if this merger went through, vzw and at&t would literally rule the air, and have all of us rethinking the possible.

as an aside i'd probably sign up with slammer communications, but never in a million years would i sign up with teedawg wireless. haha nice one slammer
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pickles

Mar 22, 2011, 7:35 PM
lol there are not "plenty" of smaller regional GSM carriers. name more than 2. and it would give at&t full GSM power because they would have 130 million (GSM) customers. AT&T and tmobile are the only 2 national GSM carriers, dawg.
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Iknownothing

Mar 23, 2011, 3:52 AM
Plus one.
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Slammer

Mar 22, 2011, 6:25 PM
Two things bother me about your post.

First and foremost, you agreed to make a commitment to either carrier just for the iPhone(GSM). This normally wouldn't be an issue. The iPhone is a great phone. However this leads me to the second issue.

The other two major choices in Tampa Bay, are VZW and Sprint. Both these carriers have scored the highest ratings in that area.

This is the fault of your post. You would rather see competition whither away based on your passion for one phone. You based your opinion on how this merge would improve YOUR coverage and completely disregarded the other two carriers that are suited better for OTHER's interests.

John B.
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teedawgg

Mar 22, 2011, 6:55 PM
Yes, AT&T works fine, it's T-Mobile that doesn't work here... Plus I hate slow CDMA and over priced verizon
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pickles

Mar 22, 2011, 7:33 PM
newsflash dawg, at&t pricing is a mirror image of vzw pricing. u serious??
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Joshmo

Mar 22, 2011, 8:30 PM
pickles said:
newsflash dawg, at&t pricing is a mirror image of vzw pricing. u serious??


It's pretty close....

But the data plans, and the fact now that if you have unlimited text, you can pretty much put yourself on the cheapest minute plan, did actually help me out a lot.
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pickles

Mar 22, 2011, 8:41 PM
very true, but at&t only started the "any mobile" calling feature to compete with tmobile and sprint, and vzw only started offering that after at&t did. with tmobile gone i dunno how long promotions like that would really last.
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Joshmo

Mar 22, 2011, 9:24 PM
i honestly doubt T did it just to compete with sprint or tmo, because they've hardly cared what those two did in the past.

I understand your point, but I figured the reason they did it was to try to get more people on the texting plan. I'm willing to bet that a large percentage of their customer base is already on low minute plans anyway.

Back to the point of the OP though. I'd be all for the merger as long as the FCC mandates some type of regulation forcing AT&T to keep their promise about covering rural areas with 4G.

I know that monopolies are bad for the customer, but people seem to forget about the negatives that occur when a large company gets broken up. I lived in a rural area of the country for over half my life, and ...
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Omagus

Mar 22, 2011, 10:30 PM
Joshmo said:
Monopolies are bad, but local providers can be just as bad if not worse.


You do know there's a middle ground, right? It's where we are right now.
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Joshmo

Mar 23, 2011, 6:24 AM
Omagus said:


You do know there's a middle ground, right? It's where we are right now.


I know, I'm addressing the two extremes that has been posted all over the board here.
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pickles

Mar 22, 2011, 6:34 PM
when verizon bought alltel, alltel was actually split up between at&t and verizon. this is going to be a great thing for at&t and tmobile because they'll both be filthy rich (even moreso than they already are) and verizon will be happy to share 80% of the US market with only one other provider also. in case you can't read between the lines this is NOT a great thing for consumers at all.
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CamelTowing

Mar 22, 2011, 8:39 PM
er... dawg or whatever...
Actually it IS Sprint's business. Quite literally. And how is CDMA slower again? Last I checked there were like 5 phones that take advantage of any so called speed increase over CDMA. Oh and good luck using it. You probably get EDGE more often than 3G.
And I'm not even going to debate with someone who thinks the iPhone is the best phone out there.
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pickles

Mar 22, 2011, 11:20 PM
he just wants to get teabagged by all the vzw and at&t execs lining their pockets, leave the poor kid alone! somepeople like getting teabagged....like people who choose "teedawgg" for their s/n
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Jayshmay

Mar 24, 2011, 10:38 AM
Here is how CDMA is slower. When Rev.A is working consistently it's great… but when it drops to 1x, which btw, it does quite a bit on the so-called "America's reliable network" Verizon, it sucks. EDGE on GSM is better than 1x on CDMA. It's really, really frinkin frustrating when data drops to 1x!!!
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