AT&T Files T-Mobile Acquisition Papers with the FCC
WHY WORRY SO MUCH BOUT IT!
The only valid arguement i see here is that it will not create more jobs. yes it is possible that a lot of people will loose their jobs because of overlaping issues and too many employees.
as far as pricing, why complain. if you already have your plan with tmo then u will be able to keep plan and also still change plan to get addictional minutes or less minutes with the same tmo pricing. i still have my alltel plan and vzw cannot make me change it. i can change my plan at any time to increase and decrease minutes and add a adictional line to my acct. i don't see why complain about pricing because its not like your goign to change carriers every year or so. nroaml people keep their number and carrier unless there is a coverage issue or an...
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as far as pricing, why complain. if you already have your plan with tmo then u will be able to keep plan and also still change plan to get addictional minutes or less minutes with the same tmo pricing. i still have my alltel plan and vzw cannot make me change it. i can change my plan at any time to increase and decrease minutes and add a adictional line to my acct. i don't see why complain about pricing because its not like your goign to change carriers every year or so. nroaml people keep their number and carrier unless there is a coverage issue or an...
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Well worrying about people losing jobs is a big deal. With unemployment so high to add to it just so a company can make an extra buck is wrong. And second the issue is the lack of GSM based competition would make it a problem. It is no different the if Verizon were trying to buy Sprint (Just an example). Some people don't consider T-mobile a major carrier in the US, but T-mobile is big enough that it has given people a choice aside from ATT for a GSM phone carrier. Taking that choice away is where people have the problem with this.
If it were a partnership for both to expand their network together would be different.
If it were a partnership for both to expand their network together would be different.
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never looked at it that way. but i was always told that cdma was better then gsm. and vzw does have gsm supported devices also. there should be another company out there that also has gsm besides tmo and att.
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Verizon (and Sprint) only support GSM outside of North America and their selection of GSM supported devices is limited. As far as CDMA being better, that is a matter of opinion. T-Mobile is (or was) the only other carrier to offer GSM service in most major US markets. Although AT&T is more expensive, just having T-Mobile as a viable option for customers forced AT&T to keep pricing somewhat competitive. With no competation in those markets what is there incentive not to raise pricing?
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The incentive would be, not to loose too many customers to the smaller carriers. FCC and the Justice Dept. might be able to force some sort of cap on their plans as part of the aquisition deal. I do agree with the point that some other carrier would take Tmobile's place. However, I am curious as to how ATT would have increased their LTE coverage, if Tmobile were not looking to sell. This could have been part of the pride factor that ATT didn't want to own up to, that they actually need help or more spectrum needs to be released by the government for them to effectively increase their 3g and LTE networks. There's a lot that the government and ATT aren't telling us.
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I think you nailed it about AT&T's 'pride factor" and it was cheaper and faster for AT&T to buy T-Mobile's infrastructure and spectrum than build and acquire it on their own. As far as another carrier stepping up to replace T-Mobile as a nationwide carrier I don't see it happening. I think that it is more likely that Verizon and Sprint will increase their offerings of GSM supported devices and services.
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