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Fight the Merger now or pay later

psycros

Sep 19, 2011, 9:34 PM
For the past five years, AT&T has steadily increased its prices while simultaneously cutting back on services. It has added capacity only to its largest markets, building towers in areas already saturated by its own service and that of other carriers. In the relatively small number of markets served by T-Mobile, AT&T's coverage area overlaps 99% of T-Mo's..yet AT&T claims it needs T-Mobile for extra network capacity..?? Anyone paying attention knows the truth: T-Mobile is a much more affordable national GSM provider, with arguably better devices and service. AT&T wants that alternative eliminated. This is the very definition of anti-competitive cartel tactics. If consumers, competitors and the government don't stand up to AT&T, ...
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RUFF1415

Sep 20, 2011, 1:36 AM
psycros said:
America already has the most expensive and least flexible mobile service on Earth - do you really want to see what happens when there are only two major players? Look at any national election to see how well that works!


Have you ever been to Canada? Because by America, I'm assuming you just meant the United States...and our "high" prices pale in comparison to what they are charged north of the border.
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Mark_S

Sep 20, 2011, 10:52 AM
Well said.
Nobody said a word when Cingular Wireless(run by the same people)as AT&T now gobbled up the former AT&T Wireless back in October 2004. One national carrier taking over another. People were also quiet when Verizon sucked up Alltel. They were a regional carrier. At the time it still left T-Mobile intact hence still a competitive GSM carrier.
Now Kraut Telekom sees no more $$$$$ to be made with T-Mobile USA.
AT&T does not need T-Mobile for anything except for $$$$$$.
AT&T has 99% overlap in data and voice in all of T-Mobiles existing footprint.
The main change from a merger would be SIM card and phone change-outs(obligatory) and as previously stated, much worse priced plan structures.
TMobile needing to sell so bad should sel...
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ELawson87

Sep 20, 2011, 11:50 AM
When Verizon took over Alltel, both of them were much smaller than AT&T and T-Mobile are now.

When Cingular took over AT&T Wireless, they were smaller than AT&T and T-Mobile are.

This take-over is a horrible idea.
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Mark_S

Sep 20, 2011, 12:48 PM
Size does not matter. It is the principle of the merger itself.
AT&T Wireless in 2004 should have been left alone. As well Alltel.
Competition keeps carriers making their plans better and more affordable.
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Cellular Phone

Sep 20, 2011, 2:20 PM
AT&T Wireless had only two choices: be bought out, or close its doors. AT&T Wireless could not be left alone because years of corrupt management and poor service and lack of network maintenance left the carrier bleeding itself to death.

It was either Cingular or Vodafone, and in the end Cingular won, but it over paid by several billion for AT&T Wireless
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WiWavelength

Sep 20, 2011, 2:29 PM
Mark_S said:
Nobody said a word when Cingular Wireless(run by the same people)as AT&T now gobbled up the former AT&T Wireless back in October 2004.


Not true.

While the public consensus against that merger may not have been as broad and loud as the opposition is today, many concerned parties and individuals, myself included, filed petitions to deny the Cingular-AT&TWS merger.

When BAM-AirTouch-GTE-PrimeCo merged in 1999-2000 to form VZW, the William Kennard led, Clinton era FCC held the line on the Cellular 850 MHz cross interest rule (i.e. no carrier could hold both Cellular A and B side licenses in a given market) and the CMRS spectrum cap (i.e. no carrier could control greater than 45 MHz combined...
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WiWavelength

Sep 20, 2011, 3:17 PM
WiWavelength said:
As a result, in several markets, VZW had to divest an overlapping Cellular network (e.g. Phoenix, Cleveland, etc.) or an overlapping PCS network (e.g. Chicago, New Orleans, etc.).


Correction: On the Gulf Coast, PrimeCo in Houston, not New Orleans, was a divested PCS 1900 MHz network.

AJ
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Slammer

Sep 20, 2011, 4:18 PM
As Johann Hari said in 2004:

The world should wake up and see that Dollars are worth more than Democracy.

And logic as well.

Let's hope this does not follow trend.


I for one, am glad you and others as myself, are fighting this merge. I'm hoping the highly publicized feedback of this merge, will not be ignored.

John B.
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Mark_S

Sep 20, 2011, 4:44 PM
Congratulations to all the rocket scientists doing the research.
Regardless, it is great more parties are speaking up.
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Slammer

Sep 20, 2011, 4:59 PM
---" Congratulations to all the rocket scientists doing the research."---

Actually, I'm not a rocket scientist. I don't like rockets. I'm physically scared of them. It all stems from my childhood days of playing with bottle rockets on Fourth of July. One postioned itself in an inconvenient part of my body.

But that's besides the point. Fortunately, it does not take a rocket scientist to see that two huge carriers controlling one entity(spectrum), is bad for consumers of this industry. It should be simple math for a second grader.

John B.
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Mark_S

Sep 21, 2011, 6:51 AM
Oooooo......Ahhhhhhhh.....
Someone takes offense to to term "Rocket Scientist" too seriously.
Suck it up!!!! 😉
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