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Dan Hesse is a brilliant, customer focused CEO & Sprint RULES!!!

tether

Apr 20, 2011, 1:13 PM
You people who are bashing Sprint for going after this merger are insane in the membrane. Unless you like $150 per line phone bills, you should be supporting Sprint in this cause. Dan Hesse really seems to be a genuine, honest guy keeping things fair with his customers (how about UNLIMITED data is UNLIMITED being one example!!!!). From Sprint to Virgin to Boost, he has run things very customer-focused and fairly. If Dan Hesse would be the guy in charge of the Deathstar (ATT) after this merger, I would probably be OK with that because he is ethical. He is totally unlike the people in charge of AT&T & Verizon now who take the American public for fools and think we are just their sheeple they aim to control & rob from our wallets at will.
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wvucraig

Apr 20, 2011, 4:17 PM
He doesn't care about customers any more than Ralph de la Vega at ATT does. It's all about the money. Sprint is giving people unlimited data because they are hoping people will be distracted and won't notice the crappy network. And you predict $150 per line phone bills? That will never happen because people have no problem dropping their post-pay service and going with pre-pay.
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Versed

Apr 20, 2011, 4:34 PM
Don't you understand, anything anti-merger, is the un-mitigating truth. Anything else, you're either an employee for AT&T or liar.
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WiWavelength

Apr 20, 2011, 5:22 PM
As the subject line asks, how does the AT&T-T-Mobile merger serve the public interest? Since wireless carriers operate using licensed public spectrum, public interest is a key criterion in any merger considerations.

So, list your points. I will address them, and refute or concede each one. Perhaps, then, we can have a rational discussion.

AJ
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wvucraig

Apr 20, 2011, 5:33 PM
Well AJ, since you are the resident genius here, why don't you list your points regarding how the proposed merger will harm the public interest. It would appear as though you are the most qualified to offer your opinion. I'm sure we, the ignorant masses, are eager to hear what you have to say.
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nextel18

Apr 20, 2011, 6:12 PM
i do like his opinion. alot of people are qualified here (myself included) but AJ seems to be new blood here. having his opinion we can spark a dialogue. will that happen? who knows
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tether

Apr 21, 2011, 12:00 AM
How did 2 companies controlling the cell market prior to deregulation work out for you? Remember like 200 minutes costing $100? If this duopoly does happen, Sprint, US Cellular, MetroPCS & Cricket will end up being irrelevant to the cell market & will eventually likely be acquired or just go bust. Amazing how often people fight for stupid things (like the strength of AT&T's bank account) and against there own best interests? Don't whine when your bills go up dramatically and you even have no prepaid choice to go to because everything is controlled by the duopoly.
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sp_5015

Apr 21, 2011, 9:11 AM
A-FREAKING MEN, tether. It's the same broke people that fight for tax breaks for the rich. Makes NO sense.
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WiWavelength

Apr 21, 2011, 12:26 AM
wvucraig said:
Well AJ, since you are the resident genius here, why don't you list your points regarding how the proposed merger will harm the public interest. It would appear as though you are the most qualified to offer your opinion. I'm sure we, the ignorant masses, are eager to hear what you have to say.


To put it quite simply, I did not ask for ways in which the proposed merger would harm the public interest. And I am already on record at least partly in those regards elsewhere in this forum.

Additionally, the burdens of proof -- particularly in these merger proceedings -- rest upon the proponents, not the opponents.

AJ
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tether

Apr 20, 2011, 11:50 PM
Enjoy the high bills! Yeah Duopoloy!
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tether

Apr 20, 2011, 11:48 PM
What "independent of the duopoly" prepaid carriers are there? Do you understand the cellular market? I think you may not. Tracfone, Net10, StraightTalk are all MVNO's using AT&T & Verizons Networks. If the merger is successful and they succeed at destroying Sprint (whose MVNO's are Boost & Virgin Mobile) THERE WOULD BE NO NATIONWIDE PREPAID CHOICE for you to go to without it being controlled (both phone selection & prices) by AT&T & Verizon!! Sprint is competitive in the prepaid market with good phones for Virgin & Boost. Take a look at the trash "one-step-better" than bag-phones you get with Tracfone, Net10 & StraightTalk. Verizon & AT&T will not let you have a nice MVNO Phone now, best you can get is a couple of soon-to-be defunct, ...
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Troll-Bait

Apr 20, 2011, 5:48 PM
Dan Hess is a self centered man who is convinced that the government should fight his battles for him.

I have zero respect for Sprint after their ignorant cry for government intervention.

No one but a card-carrying socialist would ever logically come to the conclusion that government interference would be better than a free-market resolution of any economic problems or "imbalances."

Let the people vote with their wallets, don't legislate competition, let it actually happen!

If you want more customers work your ass off for them! If you want lower prices don't buy the expensive stuff!

I always purchase the product or service that is best for me. I balance quality, price and quantity against my own values and make a decision a...
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rarodrig26

Apr 20, 2011, 6:08 PM
Except this isn't about the government choosing anything for us. The whole reason the fcc and/or doj should not allow this merger is so that there is more competion and choice in the market. If the government does nothing here it won't be long before we don't have any choice in wireless providers, and all because idiots like yourself are so paranoid about the government doing anything you can't even see when they are helping. I pay way more taxes than i should be (like most ppl id bet), the least the government can do with that money is defend me by stopping companies like at&t from killing the market.
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nextel18

Apr 20, 2011, 6:13 PM
we have choices in the wireless market actually
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rarodrig26

Apr 20, 2011, 6:14 PM
Obviously we do now, but this is about the future and this is a bad precedent to set.
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nextel18

Apr 20, 2011, 6:19 PM
well if we take out another carrier.. there is still competition from others 🙂 just not as much 🙂
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tether

Apr 21, 2011, 12:14 AM
With T-Mobile/Simple Mobile/Family Mobile absorbed into AT&T, WHO? AT&T, Verizon, StraightTalk, Net10 & TracFone are all part of the ATT/VZW Duopoly that will control 80 percent of the cell industry. All the other companies combined will control 20 percent (Sprint, Boost, Virgin, Cricket, US Cellular & MetroPCS). All of the latter do not have nationwide coverage as the duopoly has and require roaming agreements from, guess who, the Duopoly. How long until the Duopoly crushes the competition & controls the whole market?
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nextel18

Apr 21, 2011, 6:16 PM
a lot of those have nationwide coverage. if they dont FCC makes the bigger companies.

to be honest with you, i think the smaller companies might do a little bit better 🙂
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WiWavelength

Apr 20, 2011, 10:42 PM
Troll-Bait said:
No one but a card-carrying socialist would ever logically come to the conclusion that government interference would be better than a free-market resolution of any economic problems or "imbalances."


You cannot see the forest for the trees.

One, the domestic wireless industry is hardly a free market. Rather, it is a largely closed market with a few entities controlling nearly all of the means of production (e.g. wireless spectrum), thus massive barriers to entry practically prevent the emergence of new competitors.

Two, approval of this merger would bring about even more government interference, as regulators would have to impose myriad conditions to ensure that the combined AT&T-T-Mo...
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tether

Apr 21, 2011, 12:07 AM
Yeah, you're right, the government should not get involved in regulating capitalism and preventing shared monopolies or anything like this. Let's keep our government for what is really necessary for.....like freedom for Iraqis and Afghanis. I really don't want my tax money going toward anything that would benefit me here in America. I think that would be Socialism! VOTE REPUBLICAN, it's easier than thinking.
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Versed

Apr 21, 2011, 10:30 PM
While I agree the merger should go through. But, honestly, I don't want my money going to Iraq and Afghanistan. I don't want the government telling me how many children I should have and whom I should marry. Oddly Republicans have no problems imposing those government interventions.
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