Senate Starts Probe of AT&T/T-Mobile Deal
Contradicting Words of Philipp Humm
I read the report that T-Mobile CEO Philipp Humm set out this morning and while a lot of it sounds like it makes sense, a lot more of it sounds bogus...
He mentions both AT&T and T-Mobile are short on spectrum and that neither company can launch LTE 4G on their own to the expectations of a national network - but if BOTH companies are short on spectrum then what happened to all that spectrum T-Mobile bought and is NOW finally using? What happened to all that spectrum AT&T bought in 700Mhz that they wanna use for LTE?
AT&T said they wanna use T-Mobile's 1700/2100 for LTE, but that isnt going to really work because T-Mobile themselves stated that their spectrum wont give in-building coverage not will it work well in rural areas (distance) ...
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He mentions both AT&T and T-Mobile are short on spectrum and that neither company can launch LTE 4G on their own to the expectations of a national network - but if BOTH companies are short on spectrum then what happened to all that spectrum T-Mobile bought and is NOW finally using? What happened to all that spectrum AT&T bought in 700Mhz that they wanna use for LTE?
AT&T said they wanna use T-Mobile's 1700/2100 for LTE, but that isnt going to really work because T-Mobile themselves stated that their spectrum wont give in-building coverage not will it work well in rural areas (distance) ...
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You are absolutely correct! It's a matter of listen to what I am saying and ignore the facts.
Not to make light of this but this resembles the scene in the Simpson Movie when the head of EPA was presenting options to the charectacure of a fictional president Schwartezenegger.... with the tag line you're not paid to think you're paid to make a decision. Ignore the facts who needs that responsibility.
And before you know it there will be an inescapable dome over the American cell market waiting to be turned into the new grand canyon.
Not to make light of this but this resembles the scene in the Simpson Movie when the head of EPA was presenting options to the charectacure of a fictional president Schwartezenegger.... with the tag line you're not paid to think you're paid to make a decision. Ignore the facts who needs that responsibility.
And before you know it there will be an inescapable dome over the American cell market waiting to be turned into the new grand canyon.
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Based on what your saying these CEOs would fit in quite well with politicians of Washington.
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Wow. The concept of corporate power merged with the government... sounds familiar. It's called something... the name escapes me... 😎
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rwalford79 said:
Just a few things that just DONT quite add up.
Yep, you got it. In posts a few weeks ago, I detailed the flaws in the AT&T-T-Mobile spectrum plan:
https://www.phonescoop.com/news/discuss.php?fm=m&ff= ... »
https://www.phonescoop.com/news/discuss.php?fm=m&ff= ... »
By the end of the month, I will file with the FCC a Petition to Deny, replete with spectrum & coverage maps, showing that the "spectrum crunch" rationalization is little more than a smokescreen.
AJ
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The other "smokescreen" in this whole fiasco, is that ATT claims in front of congress that they will be able to provide a national broadband service to 40 million more people with this merge than without. Interesting play on words since they will gain 36 million with the merge. That leaves only 4 million that could be better served through Verizon or Sprint.
John B.
John B.
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Regardless, $$$$$$ will be pumped to the right parties and dirty politics will prevail as always.
The merger will go through.
The merger will go through.
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Mark_S said:
Regardless, $$$$$$ will be pumped to the right parties and dirty politics will prevail as always.
The merger will go through.
I don't like it but at least it wasn't Sprint.
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