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Re: T-Mobile Rocks

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Post by devx »

skrause wrote: post #18

> Because if all of us move to T-Mobile, the other carriers will have no choice to join them in being customer friendly. No, if all people move to T-Mobile, they will just start behaving like the other carriers. The only reasons they're customer friendly is because they have a low market share and try to win customers, not because it's their company culture. Just look at their German parent company, Deutsche Telekom…

Then you move to the "next" T-mobile. The point is to encourage this behavior, and punish the bad one by leaving as soon as it happens (same goes for Verizon/AT&T) now.

Re: T-Mobile Rocks

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Post by esw »

phaus wrote: post #21

I'm glad that T-Mobile has become a customer focused company in recent months, but let's not forget that just a short while ago, they were just like all of the other major carriers. T-Mobile had a sudden change of heart not because they give a shit about their customers, its because their network wasn't good enough for people to put up with typical carrier bullshit. As a normal carrier, they were losing money and cus…

>I'm glad that T-Mobile has become a customer focused company in recent months

I was a T-Mobile customer until the first iPhone came out, and they were fantastic back then. I'd switch back now if it weren't for the fact that they have lousy coverage in Vermont.

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Post by mortenjorck »

cracker_jacks wrote: post #24
phaus wrote: post #21

I'm glad that T-Mobile has become a customer focused company in recent months, but let's not forget that just a short while ago, they were just like all of the other major carriers. T-Mobile had a sudden change of heart not because they give a shit about their customers, its because their network wasn't good enough for people to put up with typical carrier bullshit. As a normal carrier, they were losing money and cus…

T-Mobile had a sudden change of heart because they had a sudden change in CEO in 2012. He's the one that's been pushing the 'uncarrier' movement within the company.

John Legere is... interesting. Check out the original 'uncarrier' press event from this summer: http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/26/4148836/stop-bullshit-says...

  "Carriers are really nice to you... once every 23 months.
  This is the biggest crock of shit I've ever heard in my 
  entire life. Do you have any idea how much you're paying?"
This is not a quote from an angry blog commenter. This the CEO of the United States' fourth largest mobile service provider speaking at a press conference.

Refreshingly bizarre.

Re: T-Mobile Rocks

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Post by 3825 »

drpgq wrote: post #26

As a Canadian, I'm curious about the international roaming.

If you are going back and forth often and end up spending more time than half the time south of the border, it might just work for you :)

Here is a quote from their fine print

> Not for extended international use; you must reside in the U.S. and primary usage must occur on our U.S. network. Device must register on our U.S. network before international use. Service may be terminated or restricted for excessive roaming or misuse.

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Post by anxrn »

e28eta wrote: post #4

I just switched to T-Mobile with my iPhone 5S, largely on principle. My monthly bill won't go down much and my service has gotten worse, but I'm so happy to leave AT&T and support what T-Mobile is doing. The new international roaming policy is icing on the cake.

Really? I did the same, my bill went down 50% (this is on top of a sweet discount I had on AT&T). But I see your point, I'd switch even if the savings weren't as good, they treat you like real customers, not sheep.

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Post by anxrn »

T-Mobile is shaking up the industry like Apple should have (and could have) done with the launch of the iPhone in 2007.

Re: T-Mobile Rocks

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Post by matthewmacleod »

kunai wrote: post #42
X-Istence wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple still contributes to open source A LOT.

Barely. OpenDarwin is dead. WebKit was stolen from KHTML. CUPS has barely any development anymore. Apart from LLVM, what have they really contributed to OSS? Okay, it's more than Microsoft, but net contribution is still nothing compared to Google or Sun (when they were still alive).

KHTML was not stolen - it was used as the basis for Webkit in compliance with its licence, which is exactly how Open Source is supposed to work.

Have a look at http://www.apple.com/opensource/ - which outlines the Open Source components that Apple use and contribute to. You're right - it might not be as much as some other companies (though I don't know if it's practically less than Google or Sun) but they are consistently among the largest participants in Open Source among large tech companies.

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