AT&T to Acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion
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AT&T to Acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion
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Re: AT&T to Acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion
#2And then there were three...
Re: AT&T to Acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion
#3And then there were three...
I don't think this is fair. MetroPCS has their own towers and is a pretty robust national carrier. Leap/Cricket also has a pretty broad footprint.
Re: AT&T to Acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion
#4Oh crap. There goes my unlimited tethering.
Re: AT&T to Acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion
#5From Friday's HN post "Confessions of an Apple Store Employee":
"We usually have to tell them that if they unlock their iPhone, it won't work. That
it's going to be like a $700 paperweight, and that the antenna will fry itself
on T-Mobile. Of course, that's not true, but that's what we tell them."
Re: AT&T to Acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion
#6Hopefully AT&T customer will have better coverage now. 1 out of 3 calls gets dropped from where I live.
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#7This is complete bullshit, and would give AT&T an effective monopoly on GSM based wireless communications in a number of key markets. I say we collectively work to lobby against this deal, as it will be bad for all of us who are based in the US and looking to do ANYTHING in mobile. Imagine if Apple had tried to get their iPhone AppStore arrangement in a single-GSM carrier world?
It's 2011, folks. We can't let oppressive regimes have their way.
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#8T-Mobile customer service has consistently been one of the best customer service lines I have ever dealt with. Back when I had a Sidekick, I would routinely end up connected to a Danger employee sitting _at_ Danger HQ, helping me through teething issues on the early Sidekicks. For over five years, they have been extremely polite, helpful, and available.
From what I've heard, I won't get this kind of service as an AT&T customer. I'm sad to see T-Mobile go, but this merger always was kind of on the horizon.
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#9Oh crap. There goes my unlimited tethering.
In fairness, the likelihood of you keeping unlimited tethering on DT's T-Mobile was already pretty low.
Re: AT&T to Acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion
#10Oh crap. There goes my unlimited tethering.
And for only $6/month! Best iPhone plan ever.