AT&T Withdraws FCC T-Mobile Application, Will Focus on DOJ

its not putting it up for sale hell if cricket or metro pcs or someone could muster up the money it would go thought perfectly but when the only other gsm nationwide carrier is trying to buy it out rite not part it out or anything is where the problem is coming up

t mobile will not be able to keep there plans
after they upgrade at@t will force them to change to a new plan not the t mobile plan they are on

All of the Alltel customers that were switched to AT&T still have their plans, and the only time they are forced to switch is when they select a different type of phone that their rate plan does not support.

Yea, I have read our internal notes. T-mobile customer WILL NOT be required or forced to switch to an ATT plan. They will be grandfathered in. ATT confirmed this to us a long time ago.

This is absolutely true. Despite people trying to make ATT altogether bad, they do not force you to change plans. When ATT bought Cingular, my plan didn't change until I decided to change it.

Well just to point out a fact to you Cingular bought out ATT not the other way around of course they would let you keep their plan they were the buying company. Not saying they will force you to change either but just point the other out. Att,Verizon,Sprint and all the Carriers have good and bad things about them I guess you have to pick your poison carefuly.

True, Cingular did buy out ATT, then ATT in turn reacquired the wireless portion from Cingular. But, I understand your point.😁

In January 2007, Cingular confirmed it would re-brand itself under the AT&T name. Although the legal corporate name change occurred immediately, for both regulatory and brand-awareness reasons both brands were used in the company's signage and advertising during a transition period.[4] The transition concluded in late June, just prior to the rollout of the Apple iPhone.

They just changed their name it is Cinguar just took the name of the one they bought out.

actually neither bought eachother. they were owned both by sbc and bell south. when sbc aquired bell south they became sole owner of cingular and when sbc chose to purchase att, they kept the att name for branding purposes. so all in all cingular and att was and is still the same....

Yeah? Where are you getting your info from???

I can say with certainty that I have hundreds of customers with legacy Dobson plans from 4 years ago, paying $55 for unlimited calling, $50 for 1600 nationwide minutes, etc. I have seen grandfathered Alltel, AT&T Wireless, and Centennial plans as well.

There had been no announcement about the fate of T-Mobile plans, but judging by the fact that the only time I've seen Cingular/AT&T require a plan change from an old one is with iPhones (naturally), I'd say safe bet that there would be no impact on legacy T-Mobile customers.

Cute concept, though. ;)

They really are. They spend more money every year building their network than any other cellphone carrier. I know AT&T caught some flack for their network coverage at the release of the iPhone in 2007, but since then, it's been a very aggressive buildout. Here in my area, AT&T has the best coverage out of everyone.

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They really are.

No, not really.

Let us make this simple. If AT&T really were "so aggressive when it comes to network buildout," then AT&T would have aggressively overlaid its entire native footprint with 3G W-CDMA by now.

Instead, AT&T has deployed pockets of 3G W-CDMA coverage centered on cities but has left huge swaths of 2G EDGE coverage along highways and in rural areas between cities.

Good grief, after six years of deployment, AT&T still is not even remotely close to finishing a complete 3G W-CDMA overlay. By comparison, VZW and Sprint have overlaid EV-DO across >95% of their entire footprints, respectively, and they accomplished that years ago.

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You're right about leaving a lot of areas of Edge. Have you ever thought about why they did that? Now neither of us are part of the decision making process of why they extend their services to certain markets, but I would imagine if I could make this decision, my thought would be the same. AT&T did not spend a lot of their resources taking their 3G footprint too rural areas, but in the areas that have 3G, it is top of the line in the USA. Maybe Verizon has a large 3G footprint, but when you pull speed tests, their speeds are 3-5 times SLOWER than AT&T. I am an AT&T customer - I've had Verizon, T-Mobile and even CRICKET and I've been happier with AT&T than any other carrier. I liked T-Mobile for the price, but AT&T has a strong network in my ...
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---" As far as "aggressive" I would still call it aggressive...they spend more money on their network every year than any other provider, a lot of them by billions."---

Verizon and Sprint do not have to spend as much money annually on their networks because they are constantly upgrading. Their expenditures are now done in smaller increments.

AT&T has had to spend far more in the last four years just to play catch up. Perception may become reality, but it is also wise to not let this perception misrepresent the truth.

John B.