AT&T CEO Warns of Higher Prices in Wake of T-Mobile Failure
Enter AT&T haters...
though I think in this case, it's justified. What the hell, AT&T. Making my job harder than it has to be.
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A part of me thinks AT&T proposed this merger because there is too much competition in the market place and raising prices on its own wouldnt bode too well. So what do they do?
Make a bid for a company they simply cant buy, would get rejected and have to pay out a ton of cash and spectrum they dont have to spare to the company they tried to buy..
All this is great for T-Mobile as it makes them a stronger company, and increases competition, but for AT&T, they now can really claim to the FCC, "We have no more spectrum, we have to raise prices so we can upkeep the network equipment and upgrade to spectrum efficient technologies"
So sad for AT&T customers, but dont feel too bad, cause once Verizon hears of it, they will do so too, followe...
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Make a bid for a company they simply cant buy, would get rejected and have to pay out a ton of cash and spectrum they dont have to spare to the company they tried to buy..
All this is great for T-Mobile as it makes them a stronger company, and increases competition, but for AT&T, they now can really claim to the FCC, "We have no more spectrum, we have to raise prices so we can upkeep the network equipment and upgrade to spectrum efficient technologies"
So sad for AT&T customers, but dont feel too bad, cause once Verizon hears of it, they will do so too, followe...
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According to both AT&T and Verizon, LTE isnt as spectrum efficient as they hoped.
With the market saturated in this country for customer counts, the only thing going on is shifting yearly from one company to another. Everyone gains a few million, then loses a few million... One year Sprint lost and lost and T-Mobile gained and gained, now its the other way around. AT&T and Verizon like to compete that way too, except their churn numbers are much lower.
There are very few NEW subscribers each year that a company like AT&T and Verizon is so hard up for spectrum that they need even more with a major merger like they both have and are still trying to pull.
With that being said, the need for them to have more spectrum is very limited, sin...
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With the market saturated in this country for customer counts, the only thing going on is shifting yearly from one company to another. Everyone gains a few million, then loses a few million... One year Sprint lost and lost and T-Mobile gained and gained, now its the other way around. AT&T and Verizon like to compete that way too, except their churn numbers are much lower.
There are very few NEW subscribers each year that a company like AT&T and Verizon is so hard up for spectrum that they need even more with a major merger like they both have and are still trying to pull.
With that being said, the need for them to have more spectrum is very limited, sin...
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Aren't both ATT & Verizon sitting on a bunch of unused spectrum?
Also, supposedly, (2014?) when LTE-A gets deployed isn't that even more spectral efficient?
Also, supposedly, (2014?) when LTE-A gets deployed isn't that even more spectral efficient?
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Its a statistical fact.
AT&T and Verizon moved to 2-Year contracts, then Sprint did, then T-Mobile.
AT&T and Verizon moved to Mobile to Mobile, then Sprint did, then T-Mobile.
AT&T and Verizon prorated their ETF, then Sprint did, then T-Mobile.
AT&T and Verizon raised their ETF, then Sprint did, and T-Mobile is going to soon.
Sprint introduced Any Mobile calls, then AT&T did and then T-Mobile. Verizon has still not.
So - when you say "nice try", you should look at the history of how these companies compete. You will see a following each of each other. If one company gets away with it, the others will do so as well.
AT&T and Verizon moved to 2-Year contracts, then Sprint did, then T-Mobile.
AT&T and Verizon moved to Mobile to Mobile, then Sprint did, then T-Mobile.
AT&T and Verizon prorated their ETF, then Sprint did, then T-Mobile.
AT&T and Verizon raised their ETF, then Sprint did, and T-Mobile is going to soon.
Sprint introduced Any Mobile calls, then AT&T did and then T-Mobile. Verizon has still not.
So - when you say "nice try", you should look at the history of how these companies compete. You will see a following each of each other. If one company gets away with it, the others will do so as well.
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