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[General Topics] Oniyuri:
Simple. AT&T is a GSM company right? Well, so was T-Mobile. Now, if AT&T acquires T-Mobile, what happened to the GSM competition? Whoops, can't be a competition with no adversary. Without that, AT&T has free rein to start charging a crapload after the subscribers' contracts are up and I can almost guarantee that the quality of service is gonna drop and the prices for new contracts are gonna be up another 20-50% (depending on if you wanna tether or not).

Say goodbye to about 3 of your 5gbs unlimited and say hello to your brand new 2gb limit! :D

(.....and the crowd grows silent):confused:.

What trey meant was that there's gonna be a GSM monopoly, not a wireless monopoly.

Yes, there's Sprint and Verizon but from where I live in the states, they're both crappy even with CDMA. I've swapped from Cingular, to Sprint, to AT&T and my family now have T-Mobile & MetroPCS; those are the only carriers that we can get reception from in my house.

The people in the US are highly mobile and actually travel internationally once in awhile. We need the GSM competition (especially since that is the general global standard). I mean, one of the selling points of having the Vibrant is that it can (theoretically) have 3g in most countries (using the 1900/2100 UTMS bands).
[General Topics] Step666:
No-one ever said tethering would be free.

The standard internet bundles that the networks sell have

never

included tethering, so everything you're saying is simply wrong and your ridiculous immature behaviour is pointless.
[General Topics] j56bp:
why u start the same ****? omfg
[General Topics] Specialist88:
Problem I will have with this merger is that the AT&T service will suck where I live and I would rather be on the bandwagon with Verizon because they have better network here for me. I always had been with T-Mobile, since they were Voicestream here in MA and had no issues with their customer service. This is a sad day where I will be grandfathered into this merger, if FCC approves and also the fact I will not deal with AT&T because of previous experiences with their landline services that provided bad customer service. I will not deal with drop calls from AT&T wireless nor their landline services!!!
[General Topics] Uchennadi:
This is why we tmobilers are so upset abt this possible att tmobile merger :( they're greedy for no reason, it makes no sense.
[General Topics] BaoQ:
I wonder if the Vibrant's IMEI will be in ATT system.
[General Topics] diego1985:
I believe this guys thread was started first. But I may be wrong.

I hate "Top Flight Security Mods"
[General Topics] Mastamp3:
Might not be as bad as thought

In the event the transaction does not receive regulatory approval satisfactory to AT&T and the transaction does not close, AT&T will be required to pay a breakup fee of $3 (billion), transfer to T-Mobile certain AWS spectrum that is not needed by AT&T for its initial LTE roll out, and provide a roaming agreement to T-Mobile on terms favorable to both parties
[General Topics] duboi97:
the same ****??!?!! What same **** did I cause? Wtf?!?
[General Topics] duboi97:
Okay well I'm not gonna lie you just contradicted me guess my post wasn't thought through the whole way... good job Congrats I feel stupid now....
[General Topics] ipetloudog:
Ummm. Im month to month because of bad credit. I tend not to cuss on xda but im pretty sure im ****ED when my contract expires. Dislike this merger/buyout/bull****/whatever unless htc or samsung supports cricket. Ill take ****ty service over no service at all, only if the phone is on par with this beautiful machine.

Plus, our bandwith is going to be tackled heavily by all of the iphone users downloading all their gay porn.

[face]
[General Topics] dh4645:
so why the hell was that douche ranting in my thread?

what a freak.

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on another note, i probably wont use tether, but i'd like to have the option to use it. a lot of people were just getting the wi-fi ipad2 version because they could use tethering on their phone and would show up as wi-fi to their ipad. sucks for them
[General Topics] dani26286:
that douche was ranting in your thtead cuz his own got closed cuz of a similar one he missed, as some say, like u for example. i never thought i would stomp over such closed mindedness on xda...and just to call me a douche, just like that. if u dont understand my point, make a research before nailing me to the wall.

but whatever!

ill be the mature one now, if y'all feel i reacted so imature before.

thank you!

^_^
[General Topics] dani26286:
and to tell u why i got so worked up. just cuz people say tethering is stealing in other places online...really!!! i work my self like a horse to have what i have, and never consider to take unfairly anything from anyone, and u call me a thief cuz u wanna make more money of me?...
[General Topics] Longcat14:
So hold on, if T-Mobile isn't sold, we still get something out of this? xD

Alright, let's see where this goes.
[General Topics] peaster3:
Truth hurts sometimes.:D
[General Topics] Xanaki:
AT&T To buy T-Mobile for $39B

Thats right AT&T is buying T-Mobile, hopefully when all is said and done this will mean better service and some better phones.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/03/21/att-buy-t-mobile-3-billion/
[General Topics] Serious_Beans:
I'm not too worried about my contract as I am not on one lol, but I'll be mad if I have to switch my $60 off contract plan to Sprint, their cheapest one for what I need is another $10...:/

I hope it doesn't happen either.
[General Topics] simonti:
i dont see why this is good news

I don't see how this could be good. That is one less gsm carrier for me to choose from. I live in new York and I don't know what other network is gsm. When at&t didn't have any phone I like, I went to t-mobile to get the nexus 1. I came back to at&t because I wanted the inspire . I like that flexibility
[General Topics] JackieOoo:
So you don't actually have to be a student?
[General Topics] Longcat14:
One thing I wonder is WHY Deutsche Telekom wanted to get rid of T-Mobile USA so bad. It was a great company. :/

Sent from my GT-i9000/Vibrant.
[General Topics] JackieOoo:
Is this for new at&t accounts?
[General Topics] PixoNova:
So? It means more service for all of us. Your contract will still be honored, plus youll have access to AT&T's towers. Only GSM? Why does that matter?
[General Topics] jwzg:
Bump on original thread on topic.
[General Topics] TZAR@:
This is terrible news, it's a sad day in the tech world. I was excited about the HTC Pyramid but not now. My bubble is busted. Where will Android go now? How depressing. I hope that the FCC sees this as a GSM monopoly and does not allow it to happen. T-mobile is selling loyal customers down the river. I don't want to be a AT&T customer. Voice sucks, data sucks, higher prices, data caps and crippled handset functionality. Ray Charles can see, the future of T-mobile customers is in the toilet.
[General Topics] cee1cee4:
att is a greedy and crappy company

att is a greedy and crappy company, all they know how to do is buy and destroy competition.

I use to have their land line service, wireless, and dsl. I got tired of getting ripped off every month, so I dropped them like a hot potato. I am happy with tmobile. This acquisition news is a sad day for the freedom loving Americans who will not stand for any company's monopoly.

If you have att service right now and want to be free of their rip offs and strangle hold, take a look at OOMA for your land line.

If this merger goes through, I am going to be looking for another wireless alternative. If anyone knows a better wireless provider, please share your ideas. thanks
[General Topics] TLX317:
Apparently there's a chance that we're gonna need to buy new phones after the merger if we want to keep our 3G and up... :mad:
[General Topics] TZAR@:
This is terrible news, it's a sad day in the tech world. I was excited about the HTC Pyramid but not now. My bubble is busted. Where will Android go now? How depressing. I hope that the FCC sees this as a GSM monopoly and does not allow it to happen. T-mobile is selling loyal customers down the river. I don't want to be a AT & T customer. Voice sucks, data sucks, higher prices, data caps and crippled handset functionality. Ray Charles can see, the future of T - mobile customers is in the toilet.
[General Topics] Longcat14:
AT&T said that the cost of T-Mobile also included replacement phones. So I guess we may get AT&T phones.
[General Topics] TZAR@:
Aye aye, I totally agree
[General Topics] Hypnopottamus:
Some people have mentioned this already, but I think many people are missing the point. The important thing ISN'T about bandwidth and data service. The point is that this is a monopoly on GSM! There were previously really only 4 carriers in the US to choose from. 2 of them were CDMA and the other 2 were GSM. With T-Mobile essentially gone (due to this merger), if you have a GSM phone, you are at the mercy of AT&T. At least w/ CDMA, Verizon and Sprint can keep each other in check (somewhat). What will happen with data plans or other mobile service plans if you have GSM in the US? Answer: whatever AT&T wants to happen. Remember, GSM is nice because you can get unlocked phones.

20 years ago Anti-trust laws would never let this happen. I guess the Telecomm lobbies have come a long way. Goodbye to consumer choice and competition in the US :(
[General Topics] jdm4u:
Has anyone looked into switching to Simple Mobile? They use T-Mobile's 3G frequencies for 3G services. What will happen to them if At&t acquires T-mobiles frequency? I was looking to switch to them and now that At&t will be buying T-mo, i think i just might.
[General Topics] ArthurJGuy:
I've yet to see any Tmobile customers who are excited about this ordeal.

I will be looking at Verizon, and I JUST signed a 2 year for a 7" tab 2 weeks ago.
[General Topics] Longcat14:
If T-Mobile owns it, then AT&T does now.

Sent from my GT-i9000/Vibrant.
[General Topics] I Am Marino:
Don't blame anyone from TMo not being excited

Sent from my Incredible with the XDA Premium App.
[General Topics] Emama:
no more cheap GSM..=[
[General Topics] I Am Marino:
However, "stealing" in this case is defined how AT&T sees it, and they see free tethering as such.

Sent from my Incredible with the XDA Premium App.
[General Topics] blae:
Just got my email reply back

All I did was use an @aim.com email account and state I work for Time Warner Cable.
[General Topics] timf76:
I'm Glad it worked out.
[General Topics] 1HappyPCSUser:
:( Aww man...I guess they stopped it because it did not work for me. Dang! Ant other tricks?
[General Topics] CkokRizzo:
I just applied for the discount using the info provided.

Got my email this morning and they are going to apply it in the 1-2 billing cycle..

Here is the email i got.
[General Topics] timf76:
Still Works

I'm glad this still works.
[General Topics] vires90:
hey.. how can I add this if I am a existing customer?
[General Topics] vbetts:
Sprint doesn't check your employment records anymore, so it's easy to do this. We do it all the time at Radio Shack for some people. Here's the way we explain it.

Well it sucks that you lost your job at Time Warner!

Or

So I see you're not employed at Time Warner anymore...
[General Topics] vires90:
so I am a current sprint customer.. how do i add the discount after following all the steps.. do i just fill out the request form???
[General Topics] robertw323:
Cox Enterprises Employee Discount

This will only work if you are coming to Sprint as a new customer.

Cox Enterprises employees get the same discounts as Time Warner employees, and Cox has a "company store" web portal to purchase Sprint phones/plans online just like Time Warner has. The only difference with the Cox Enterprises company store is that there is no verification process, email or otherwise, to access their company store. Just go to: coxenterpriseswireless.com and on the right side of the page in a box entitled "Make 'em smile" you'll see a "Learn More" button. Click on that button and you're in the company store. Once you're inside the company store, click on plans, enter your zip and you'll see some of the plan descriptions have a blue bar at the bottom that say "Prices shown below reflect your private store discount."
[General Topics] jrtsan:
Additional lines

If I get one line through either time warner or Cox, do you think I'll get the same discount when I later add my wife and kids for 5 lines total?

I was here last for a cooked rom. I've been wanting to switch from AT&T forever - I still use an 8925 HTC but use wireless as I don't want to have to pay the crazy price of 30/mo by att for what I can do now. If I so much as buy my same exact model on ebay, the imea number will trip my account and charge me 30 for an 'upgrade'.

Thanks for the tip.

James
[General Topics] mfmseth:
Sorry for the bump but can anyone tell me if this still works ?
[General Topics] Hawkijustin:
Enrollment in this offer is subject to Sprint's Terms and Conditions of service.

Term and Early Termination Fee. By accepting this offer, you agree to a new TWO-YEAR term effective immediately. Except for eligible deactivations under our return policy, you agree to pay an EARLY TERMINATION FEE of up to $200 for each line of Service terminated early, in addition to other charges that may have accrued. Contracts starting after 11/2008 are subject to Sprint's prorated ETF policy ($200 through month 5 of term, decreasing $10 a month until a $50 minimum applies to remaining term.) Note: Enrollment in this discount offer does NOT impact handset upgrade eligibility.

Not really sure if i want to agree to a new two year contract. I just became a sprint premier customer and dont want to lose that.
[General Topics] GREYJUMP:
25% is cool as hell considering military only get 15, given you provide some employment info to sprint. I'm just happy to have something at a discount.
[General Topics] larry12345:
I told them I work for cox enterprise. Which is cox cable. But i dont. They didnt ask for any proof and got 25% off. Been getting it forever a year.
[General Topics] orb3000:
Moved to Networking section
[General Topics] cathy007:
10% Discount on TMobile

Hey guys! I got this from Fatwallet, the thread has been going viral...

T Mobile discounts http://studentrate.com/StudentRate/sfsu/get-sfsu-student-deals/T-Mobile-Discounts-for-StudentRate-Members--/0

Contact 866-464-8662 option 3 and give promo code 13997TMOFAV.

Expires 4/5/2011

MENTION THAT YOUR ARE A MEMBER OF STUDENTRATE TO QUALIFY FOR THE DISCOUNT AND HAVE STUDENT ID# READY

• 10% on qualifying monthly recurring charges for new and existing customers (includes voice, text & e-mail services)*exclusions apply

• Waived Activation Fees ($35 savings per line)

• Free 2 Day Shipping

• FREE car charger with selected device through 866# only

• FREE and/or Discount Devices with new activation

It will extend your contract by 2 years but if you don't mind that it's a pretty legit deal.
[General Topics] StarlightML:
Is it only for new customers or can you also get the discount if you're already on TMobile?
[General Topics] cathy007:
To answer your question, I think it works for both because I remember seeing it on the deal, but again I am a new customer so I am not 100% sure. hope this helps!
[General Topics] ridikolous:
If the deal falls through how look will it be before they start to waive etf?
[General Topics] idavid_:
Sprint is another option :)
[General Topics] naplesbill:
Which is exactly why net neutrality is so important, and why carriers are against it. They would be forced to act and charge fairly. All the BS posted on some blogs that defend the carriers is completely out of context.

It is no different than City governments saying they don't make money off of traffic tickets. It is easy to make a case that shows you are losing money by doing this or that. The reality is, in the case of a police officer, they are being paid to do their job. The money they claim to spend on traffic tickets includes these fixed costs.

ATT is not losing anything with 90% of tethering, they just want to find more ways to increase revenue. People can claim that is in terms of service all they want to. That does not change the reality that most people are getting ripped off.

I can honestly say I do not tether more than 1% of my monthly usage. I am still appalled by the way the carriers are taking advantage of the consumers.

You have similar terms of service with your home internet provider. What happens when they say that using a streaming server is a violation of those terms and that you must now pay an extra charge every month to use it?
[General Topics] CrAzYiaN:
deal won't go down, 39 billion in cash? who wouldn't want all that in cash.

this is a big Plus on at&t side even tho they are bad.

They should be able to have more towers and better service now.
[General Topics] iynfynity:
It was the best company!
[General Topics] Phateless:
Agreed. In the captivate forum people are mostly looking forward to it but I am dreading it.
[General Topics] player911:
I get full bars from both AT&T and Tmobile at my house.... unfortunately with AT&T you can't stay on a call long enough.

I have Tmobile after being fed up with AT&T's crappy network. My gf still has AT&T though. She spent over an hour calling in a dentist appointment because the call kept dropping and she having to start over, when it should have only taken 15 minutes.
[General Topics] funeralthirst:
yeah. damn libtards. we need good old conservatives to fix everything.

what are the biggest problems the us is dealing with right now?

bad economy as well as failing economic system. two pointless, expensive, unwinnable wars. taking away freedoms and rights of citizens. bailing out the crap automakers and corrupt bankers. stupid, ignorant americans and the failed education system.

notice everything listed is due to conservative/republican policy. so why don't we go ahead and turn to conservatives to fix all our problems. even though they create most of them and don't really want to fix or change anything.
[General Topics] dani26286:
ok . ill bite there I AM MARINO, but let me give u this scenario in exchange:

cuz of hurried investments in one department, that dont go as well as expected (by that im talkin about whatever means to sell wireless data), a carrier decides to stop the natural evolution of innovation of combined software and hardware, by either denying, limiting, or asking for an EXTRA FEE FOR WHAT WAS ALREADY PAID FOR, to the end user. how many people u think will buy that load of smelly,brown substance nowadays, comparing to what business models are used in Europe, when more and more people become aware of that?

do your self a favor and, even if u work for one of them, and dont have another choice but to say so, refrain your self to find excuses for abuse, cuz that only shows a very poor character...unless money is all u actually want out of this life, no matter to what meens!
[General Topics] I Am Marino:
Reality is, that's all a lot of people want.

Sent from my Incredible with the XDA Premium App.
[General Topics] eltormo:
AT&T has the world most horrible customer service in fact they were last on customer service behind,Tmobile,Verizon and sprint.

Not to mention that Sprint has real unlimited internet,i am safe as of now but this is a horrible move,AT&T sucks is so much levels that i think that if it wasn't for the Iphone companies like T-mobile would be closing the gap by now instead of selling out.

In fact i think this is AT&T way of admitting that the loss of the Iphone exclusivity would hurt them,now that they don't have it alone any more,is time to buy some one,i bet that if Verizon did the same with sprint they would be the first one to cry monopoly.

Is incredible AT&T once huge monopoly is once again on its way to become a monopoly again,maybe the US government forgot why they split it in the first place.
[General Topics] dani26286:
:) props for honesty...
[General Topics] DroidFreek:
I heard about this a few weeks ago and yesterday they confirmed it.

I believe this is for the worst At&t caps everything and anything they touch.

Did you also here Angrybirds may be traded as a stock. Crazy.
[General Topics] Blackhawk163:
Isn't there a 6 bil penalty paid out to Tmous if they don't?
[General Topics] hida0901:
republican=/conservative
[General Topics] eltormo:
Because at the end of my contract the game rules change,i was a whole 2 months with AT&T and while the signal was ok,i did pay for 2 months $220+ and i did not even had unlimited internet just 2GB.

On T-mobile i hate the whole cap thing at 5GB,but 5G is allot more than 2GB,and i have pay like $215 in 3 months for my line when on AT&T i pay more than that for just 2 month,not only that i have a Vibrant not a captivate which is feature block by AT&T.

And the so call best customer service,sorry but AT&T is bad compare to T-mobile.
[General Topics] lqaddict:
I have been a T-Mo customer for 10 years, and originally switched from AT&T.

I've been enjoying the data speed boost I got when I got my Vibrant last July, and looking at the crippled HSPUAccess on AT&T makes me cringe when imagining I will be forced to use it.

AT&T is believed to be using T-Mo's HSPA+ infrastructure to deploy their LTE network, but the fear of getting my data capped and higher cost to maintain the service makes me to consider switching the providers.

I am thinking of switching to Verizon, yes with the higher cost but with a little re-assurance the service is mostly bulletproof, and keeping my Vibrant for the occasions when I have to travel aboard.

So, how is the Thunderbolt on Verizon?
[General Topics] Gibsonusa:
You do understand its still about a year out and it still needs to go threw all the regulations and what not. So it could end up falling threw which would be cool for t mobile seeing that they would get a 3billion. Dollar reneg. Fee
[General Topics] thegreatcity:
Because there is no other GSM competition. I happen to prefer GSM to CDMA for a number of reasons. If I don't like the way AT&T is treating me as a customer (which has happened to me before, and Im sure will happen again), I have nowhere else to go. If I want to stick with GSM, thats means I have to deal with whatever ****ty business practices AT&T feels like using that week. Its a monopoly, and that's why it matters.
[General Topics] SciFiSurfer:
I was expecting something like this to happen for some time now. I'm not, of course, a fan of reduced competition.
[General Topics] KlondikBar:
Is At&t trying to become a monopoly again. If so they will be under a lot of scrutiny.
[General Topics] I Am Marino:
I didn't even mean me, I meant majority of people.

Sent from my Incredible with the XDA Premium App.
[General Topics] iphonebaby:
Thanks for the deal!!
[General Topics] dani26286:
thank you napelsbill. it feels good to not be alone on this thread,

I AM MARINO...since your nothing of mine, i dont really care if u where including yourself or not. honesty is honesty, and i give u my props for that, or du i have to pay u a separate fee just to make u understand that?

:P
[General Topics] nerdgirl:
Time to switch to Verizon

Guess it is time to switch to Verizon. :mad:
[General Topics] foreverinpanama:
Man you couldn't have hit my opinions more dead on. Proof of

Our generation and future? Justin Beiber and auto tunes! All I gotta say.
[General Topics] Longcat14:
So.. Are you staying?

So, will you be staying with T-Mobile may be bought by the dark side? I'm going to wait a little, but if hop carriers, Verizon is selling another thunderbolt.
[General Topics] Donmotobike:
What ya'll need is time machine and go back 5 years ago and sign up for unlimited 3g data plan with At&t lol
[General Topics] dpaul007:
I'll need more information before I decide. AT&T does have better coverage and 3g in my area where TMobile didn't. Verizon is the big player here, but looking at their prices makes me cry :(