Kurosaki Ichigo Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Some people are saying that this deal isnt such a good idea but hey, I say go for it. See what happens with this thing. It might turn out to be not as bad as people are making it seem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linoleum Knive Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 Some people are saying that this deal isnt such a good idea but hey, I say go for it. See what happens with this thing. It might turn out to be not as bad as people are making it seem. If ATT's customer service stays the same, which it will, this will be a terrible thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Tea Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 good can come out of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingless Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 From a more philosophical perspective, my opinion from Facebook was me posting a link to the announcement with "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!" as the caption. Ignoring the fact that the merger is a year out, the fact that AT&T and T-mo run on different GSM bands and whatever plans either side has for LTE, etc, I'm pretty much saddened by the merger. I've disagreed with just about every business decision that AT&T Wireless has made in recent history, because they are 1000x more interested in making money in the short term instead of securing their future and making their customers happy. They have a wide-reaching and developed network, and that's a large bit of the reason they secured the contract for the iPhone, but that doesn't mean that they have particularly GOOD service. I'm pretty sure that in NY and other parts of the NE States, the network is so saturated that making calls is still incredibly difficult at peak times. Innate to the technology they use, the signal from the tower has a shorter distance before it attenuates to worthlessness, so you have to have more towers in a smaller area to provide proper service. If you don't get what I'm moving toward, they're not making important decisions to improve their infrastructure and keep the customers happy. Instead, they're making policy and plan changes to make using their network as advertised undesirable. It's kind of a long rant, but that's why I'm sad that Deutch isn't going to have the final say on what happens anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallwagner Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 good can come out of this gaithersburg. hell fuckin yea, maryland ftw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganKarma Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 no sprint merged kinda with boost mobile No, Boost Mobile is Sprint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fps_Ben Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Metro PieCe of Shit I love dropped calls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearthug Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 4 mega companies. Sprint. T Mobile. AT&T. Verizon. AT&T has about 97 million customers. Verizon has about 102 million. T Mobile, about 34 million. If T Mobile gets bought by AT&T, not only will AT&T be the biggest company, but there will only be 3 mega's left. And rumor says that Verizon "may" be thinking about buying Sprint out. If this happens, those 2 mega companies can monopolize and take advantage of their customers. Raising prices. Either way, thats probably gonna happen..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linoleum Knive Posted March 25, 2011 Author Share Posted March 25, 2011 4 mega companies. Sprint. T Mobile. AT&T. Verizon. AT&T has about 97 million customers. Verizon has about 102 million. T Mobile, about 34 million. If T Mobile gets bought by AT&T, not only will AT&T be the biggest company, but there will only be 3 mega's left. And rumor says that Verizon "may" be thinking about buying Sprint out. If this happens, those 2 mega companies can monopolize and take advantage of their customers. Raising prices. Either way, thats probably gonna happen..... The worst part is its technically not a monopoly because all the small cell companies and Pay As You Go companies will prevent a full monopoly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearthug Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 But you never know..... Those smaller companies will most likely fade out... Bigger companies can easily lower prices to the point where the smaller companies will be forced to close down or get bought out by the mega companies. Just like Wal Mart and what its doing to all the mom+pop stores and local companies. Starbucks, Mcdonalds, and KFC are almost just as bad. Then when they finally get almost all? Raise prices. = Bad for all of us. Whats crazy too, is that the gas america gets is raising prices dramatically. Those big oil companies say, "because of the unrest in the middle east, we have to raise prices for oil". We only get a "small percentage" of oil from the middle east. Suspicious? Very..... =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laos Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Only thing for sure is it will screw over the customers and give AT&T / VZW a big advantage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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