Commence the butthurt (ATT buying Tmobile)

[Le Pirate]

The best thing about T-mobile was the customer support when you called, and their low prices



I'll bet you can kiss both of those good-bye.



I switched to ATT a couple years ago after I moved, and T-mobile had zero coverage in my new town. I've hated every second of my time on ATT. I feel for all of you who just became subjects to the death star 

[Drunken Monkey]

Overheard on the internet: "T-Mobile and AT&T have announced their wedding. There will be no reception afterward."

www.instantrimshot.com

[mitt]

The T-mobile commercial was still running last night of the hot girl (tmobile) and the dorks (att) with some music theme.  I thought that was funny - slamming your new employer.

mitt

[RAT900]

The T-mobile commercial was still running last night of the hot girl (tmobile) and the dorks (att) with some music theme.  I thought that was funny - slamming your new employer.

mitt

I have every confidence that the new owners will replace the red dressed cupcake with something that looks like Nikita Kruschev's wife

[Statler]

The T-mobile commercial was still running last night of the hot girl (tmobile) and the dorks (att) with some music theme.  I thought that was funny - slamming your new employer.

mitt

new ad should be the camera seeing sets of bare feet under the covers in bed, and when it pans up, there are the geeks and the cute girl together.

[ducatiz]

Except that she's drugged and the geeks are in a 69

[DRKWNG]

Except that she's drugged and the geeks are in a 69

[duccarlos]

AT&T is buying T-Mobile simply because of its LTE network. T-Mobile employees are screwed. It will take a while to convert all the customers to AT&T, but you will get the same crappy service, but the plans are probably going to be grandfathered in. Remember that you "signed" a contract. They can't force you into another plan that you did not approve of.

In the end, they all suck.

[Drunken Monkey]

Except that she's drugged and the geeks are in a 69

Great. Now I have to go wash my brain.

[derby]

AT&T is buying T-Mobile simply because of its LTE network. T-Mobile employees are screwed. It will take a while to convert all the customers to AT&T, but you will get the same crappy service, but the plans are probably going to be grandfathered in. Remember that you "signed" a contract. They can't force you into another plan that you did not approve of.

In the end, they all suck.

t-mobile doesn't have an LTE network.

[RAT900]

In any event, it is strictly about the network infrastructure assets, the spectrums and cell sites...and to some measure the user base

You can be confident that it was NOT because ATT-SBC needs more people on their payroll or more phone stores

the Poland 1939 Lebensraum Model will probably be employed after approvals are secured

and all identified "redundancies" will be eliminated....S.O.P. for any business

[duccarlos]

t-mobile doesn't have an LTE network.

They already have HSPA+

[ducatiz]

HSPA/HSPA+ and LTE/etc are not the same thing.

http://3g4g.blogspot.com/2008/01/comparison-hspa-vs-lte.html

HSPA+ is really a 3g+ technology, it's not really 4g, but it's a semantic difference now since the 4G group has apparently changed the definition to allow HSPA to be considered 4g.

[duccarlos]

LTE is not even 4g. LTE = 4g Lite.

The point I'm trying to make is that T-Mobile is ahead in that they have already at least started upgrading to HSPA+ where as AT&T, as always, is lagging behind. This merger allows them to take out a competitor, become the largest wireless company in the US and get a boost in the race to LTE.

[ducatiz]

gotcha, but my understanding is that HSPA+ will just delay their entry into real 4g. 

Either way, I am counting on the FCC to block the merger.  The only people happy about this are AT&T and Deutche Telekom