Comments on: The Merger Rumor Game Continues, This Time Without Sprint

By: ssm

ssm — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:51:39 +0000

Yeah no contract shitty customers! don’t be a fool!

By: ssm

ssm — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:45:50 +0000

Merge with AT$T? You must be crazy!!!! THere would be no merge!! AT$T is a big player, either they wouls buy T-mobile or no deal!!

By: ssm

ssm — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:43:43 +0000

complain about phone pricing… The reason T-mobile does not give beter phone pricing is CHURN!!! They have a high churn rate beacause of there shitty sub standard credit customers! Bottom line T-mobile will never be a big player in the US unless they change there credit standards and boost there network and rep!

By: gringo

gringo — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:42:38 +0000

i think if they went with metro theyd make money…metro already has basically the same deals they have going on so i dont think metros customers would complain

By: Grr

Grr — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:58:03 +0000

Tower leasing is not easy at all. Most federal and/or local governments are requiring much harsher safety guidelines on towers. One of the biggest challenges in the 3G build out has been getting tower modifications approved by the FCC. It isn’t even just about the tower itself. One the foundation of the tower you have to have leased space for equipment on the ground. In the event T-Mobile get LTE, then you may be looking at additional equipment that you need space for on the ground.

By: Bill48105

Bill48105 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:16:53 +0000

ATT merger unlikely even if would be best path because of common technologies but even if they could get along not sure the govt would let that fly. Haven’t dug into it but not sure Clearwire’s bands does much for TMo because TMo’s are 1700 vs 2500 unless I’m missing something.. And seems renting towers should be easy as they are EVERYWHERE and most appear to be far from full of antennas. Metro adds some customers although lower cost ones and not sure TMo wants to deal with PCS technology when they’re GSM.. So we’re back at ATT which would likely never happen so merger with anyone seems quite unlikely & all rumor.

By: Joseph Cotts

Joseph Cotts — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:55:53 +0000

A merge with Att would be epic, maybe we could get some worthwhile phones

By: Grr

Grr — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:54:07 +0000

An AT&T merger would be highly, highly unlikely.

MetroPCS or Clearwire could be much more likely. T-Mobile would not likely continue Clearwire’s WIMax path because its not a good path. Clearwire would provide extra frequencies and tower leasing which is a couple items T-mobile would need. MetroPCS would be the best option because with that you get customers in addition to what ClearWire gives you.

By: Deaconclgi

Deaconclgi — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:23:40 +0000

Yeah, I saw on the web that maybe a proxy or two could get it back to working. I’ll wave the white flag on this one since it is not my line and just pony up the $25 for a few months. Turns out that our military discount has been upped to 18% and that almost breaks us even with what we used to pay per month with our old 5 line setup. I for one, will *always* try to find a way to keep tzones for my unlocked phones. Hopefully TMo won’t start blocking the granfathered plan. I know they already block the $9.99 tzones plan for smartphone use but for now, the $5.99 is safe.

By: Bill48105

Bill48105 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:18:37 +0000

Exactly, TMo needs to work quadruple-time to get 3G rolled out as many places as possible. Don’t think coverage matters? Look at the ads showing maps. Verizon shows ATT’s sad blue map vs their red one and ATT shows TOTAL coverage etc. They know coverage is the #1 factor otherwise MetroPCS, Cricket & such would be #1 with their ultra cheap plans. Don’t get me wrong, phone selection matters as does price and customer service etc but if TMo had coverage only in 1 small city they couldn’t sell a Droid or Touch HD2 for $5/month if they tried.