Congress Wants Obama to Force AT&T/DoJ Settlement
Merger
I'm really not sure if this merger will benefit us... the public.
It seems the few carriers you have the greater the cost of service as there is less competition.
It makes it virtually impossible for a new carrier to enter the game as an existing large carrier will reduce price temporarily to crush them.
Example. I know in New Zealand they have a duopoly... just 2 carriers (Vodafone & Telecom NZ).
They both charge the same outrageous prices for service.
Example:
300 Mins
2500 txt msgs
250 MB data
$85
1000 mins
2500 txt msgs
500MB data
$150
In the USA T-Mobile currently offers:
unlimited minutes
unlimited txt msg
unlimited data
$89
You decide.
It seems the few carriers you have the greater the cost of service as there is less competition.
It makes it virtually impossible for a new carrier to enter the game as an existing large carrier will reduce price temporarily to crush them.
Example. I know in New Zealand they have a duopoly... just 2 carriers (Vodafone & Telecom NZ).
They both charge the same outrageous prices for service.
Example:
300 Mins
2500 txt msgs
250 MB data
$85
1000 mins
2500 txt msgs
500MB data
$150
In the USA T-Mobile currently offers:
unlimited minutes
unlimited txt msg
unlimited data
$89
You decide.
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