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[General Topics] lance713:
this was my exact reaction... ugh...

I planned on upgrading from my N1 to the G2X next month... I'm not sure if I should hold out and cancel when it's finalized or upgrade to a new phone while I still can whilst still keeping my current plan??

Ughh...
[General Topics] jay-red:
Just read about this, after being a T-mobile customer for 5 years looks like I will have to jump ship to Sprint. I'd prefer not to have at&t's limits on what I can and cant do with my data plan that I am already paying for.
[General Topics] Anon9mouz:
This is going to change everything for other carriers if not bankrupt them. Well I would love to see what sprint and Verizon has so say about this. They should team up if they wanna have a fighting chance against this new merge.
[General Topics] geoffcorey:
ATT PLANS to buy t-mobile usa, it hasn't gone through yet, and won't come to fruition for at least a year, if is passes all regulatory things.
[General Topics] dmacrye:
It's kind of like the iPhone coming to AT&T all over again except this time some actual infrastructure (T-Mobile's Network) is being added to support the new customers.
[General Topics] coneybeare:
As an ATT user, I hope it does go through because coverage sucks right now.
[General Topics] xriderx66:
I'm fine with it, since the prices will be the same until contract is up... sooo yeah!
[General Topics] spigatelli:
Well, I had no contract with T-mobile, and I get a 20% discount with Verizon through work. Friday I bit the bullet and locked in unlimited data with them on the Thunderbolt. 12-16 mbps down at the house! With the discount, I will actually come out cheaper. I am glad I left when I did.
[General Topics] Anon9mouz:
Why can't u just use the wifi tether app that uses ur 3g. R they picking up on that or something
[General Topics] I Am Marino:
Way too outrageous. Only Sprint has anything to lose from this, and even then, both them and Verizon will gain customers from disgruntled T Mobile customers who rather die than be associated with AT&T, just look back at some posts from the numerous threads when the story broke.

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[General Topics] lance713:
I doubt that, as a current T-Mobile customer I'm undecided between Sprint & Verizon even though I hate them as well. I hate AT&T WAY more though, enough to switch to a lesser evil.
[General Topics] galaxys:
This is bummer news, but I'll just wait & see in about 12 months where the merger & everything stands. Eeek!
[General Topics] Phateless:
Totally follow your logic, but YOUR friends are anecdotal evidence.

So what's the deal on spectrum? I know T-Mobile uses two bands while ATT uses three and they share one. Can you clarify for me what that means?
[General Topics] oka1:
Remember to complain to Congress otherwise they will approve this funky deal:(:(:(:(:(
[General Topics] thegreatcity:
Correct me if Im wrong, but if ATT is the only GSM carrier in North America, isn't that a monopoly?
[General Topics] Androidboy35961:
This deal maybe approved.
[General Topics] GoodVibrant-ions:
I looked around at switching when I got my vibrant and actually had att send me a sony ericcson xperia x10. Yeah the phone on android 1.6 after att said over and over they would update it to 2.1. I hate att with a passion. They don't have an unlimited plan. They charge you 10 dollars per gig over 2 gigs. I HATE AT&T and will not stay with Tmobile/at&t together.
[General Topics] Androidboy35961:
I have a unlimited Data plan on my phone and I am with AT&T.
[General Topics] I Am Marino:
Grandfathered in?

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[General Topics] Androidboy35961:
Yep, that's true indeed.
[General Topics] funeralthirst:
does it matter what network type they use? and att returning to being a monopoly just after losing exclusive rights to the iphone is almost poetic.
[General Topics] dluther:
AT&T buying T-Mobile

I guess we now know how AT&T is "getting faster with 4G" -- they're buying T-Mobile's network!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110320/ap_on_hi_te/us_at_t_t_mobile_usa
[General Topics] intruda119:
No more medianet plan using tmobile phones. MFers
[General Topics] GoodVibrant-ions:
I know when I signed up with at&t I signed up for the unlimited plan. But after talking to them they explained it was unlimited to 2 gb and then cost extra per gb. I checked my data after 10 days and was up to 1.2 gb and I said this isn't for me. I also learned on the fly about the lack of update support for the xperia and that's actually how I came upon xda and rooting and modding phones....so I guess I can thank at&t for that but their customer and phone support is horrible. That's just my one month experience with them.
[General Topics] sLiKK:
Will we lose our unlimited data?
[General Topics] thegreatcity:
Yes it does matter. I like my phone not being tied to a carrier.
[General Topics] dani26286:
www.talkandroid.com/33602-whe-we-root/comment-page-1/#comment-130334

here's the unrealistic i was given at one point. read what tlz has to say in his comment.

im out. i aint no MOD EDIT.

peace!
[General Topics] Kingfanpaul:
All other issues aside, will this improve my service?

I really don't have much complaints about T-Mobile as I have been with them happily for at least 8 years. Customer service great, loyalty pricing good, dropped calls not really a problem. But the only small issue I have is that when I am at home, I do not get the best service. Pretty much EVERYWHERE else I go service is good, but not at home. When family members come over with their ATT iPhone, they have good service. So, it would be great if this meant I would have better reception at home.

On a side note, I have heard about those 3G boosters for your home, how well do those work? At home I fluctuate between E and 1 bar 3G, would a booster help?
[General Topics] Phateless:
Only just very recently. T-mobile got the first Android phone, the G1, and the MT3G, and the Nexus One AND Nexus S, and the G2 and MT4G....
[General Topics] n2ishun:
The second AT&T tries ANYTHING, I will turn off my phone and go get one from someone else. They can try to get a ETA fee from me, but I signed with Tmo, not them....I could care less if they think they bought my contract, they didn't. Not one penny fom me will AT&T ever see.

US cellphone use just took a giant ****.
[General Topics] jwalk74:
Calm down people, it will be a year or more, by then most all contracts will be up and people can do whatever they feel necessary.
[General Topics] xaymaca:
Oh Damn, I was worried about this

****!!:(

it looks that way
[General Topics] TricH:
R.I.P. tmobile

Now is your chance to say your goodbyes to tmobile. Even though it will be a year it wont be long before transitions start happening over to att so say your goodbyes while they are a independent company.

F**k you at&tt
[General Topics] XPLANE9:
Woohoo, looks like Sprint is also about to take its dive to Verizon. And you know, if we could band up and escalate the issue, we could prevent such a merger. After all, it are the consumers that AT&T live for, yet don't care about.
[General Topics] tenbeau:
I have been with TMobile for over `13 years and went to them to get away from

AT&T. I have always said I would never go to Verizon but I guess I must reconsider. Another thing is how will this affect the phones that are supposed to be out on April 20? The LG G2X has been rumored to be vanilla style. I cannot imagine AT&t going along with that. I have a feeling that some of the other new phones rumored like the :Pyramid etc. will be delayed and TMobile will just pull in their horns and coast for the next 12 months. They have no incentive to actually try to grow etc. I am sure if this does not go through that Sprint would give it a go. Would like to know what some of you all think.:confused:
[General Topics] treyvaporizer:
Yes, f*** you at@t and your soon to be monopoly. T-Mobile will be missed and low prices never forgotten
[General Topics] XPLANE9:
There is always one last option, buy the unlocked international version, or a Nexus.
[General Topics] hazard99:
I hope it doesnt go through...

I dont want data caps. I'd rather had throttling.

I dont want them blocking side loading of apps..

and

ugh... I play wow all day and this happens! F....k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[General Topics] funeralthirst:
k, let me rephrase that. does it legally matter? cause you don't have to buy a phone through att....
[General Topics] Androidboy35961:
AT&T needs to get more Android phones.
[General Topics] xriderx66:
you want low prices go with MetroPCS...

LOL.
[General Topics] TricH:
Lol
[General Topics] xriderx66:
the Side-loading of apps...

thats for AT&T specific android phones only, and if you root and flash another rom, it'll work..

I don't really give a fu*k about this merger, i never had a data plan, and i probably will never need it until im older.

But im worried about 1 thing.

Prices.

AT&T is expensive.

REAL expensive.

Whereas TMO was fit for me i've been to every carrier but the low ones you know.. cricket, metro etc. i mean the top 4 yeah been through and done that, and on that line TMO has served me best on customer support, and the plans they have are amazingly cheap!

TMO will be missed.

AT&T, uhm, i never liked it, but i don't think i have a choice.

I don't want to go to sprint, and Verizon has no SIM cards so my vibrant is then declared useless.

BULL**** :(
[General Topics] djdanska:
Coming soon, the At&t Mytouch 4gs. lmao!
[General Topics] I Am Marino:
That would be funny, except I could see that happening.

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[General Topics] oka1:
Wow this goes through then only ATT Verizon and Sprint, like choosing between jumping off a cliff or or jumping off a Skyscraper........... what choice:rolleyes::rolleyes::(:(:(
[General Topics] purple1:
Prices aren't changing re read it....there's a update on engadget
[General Topics] oka1:
Yes this news really sucks........ big time
[General Topics] CGCR:
This is me at the moment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtMO-omeo5s&feature=channel_video_title
[General Topics] qtilt112:
I wonder if at&t is going to start phasing out the tmob 2100 band... there goes our 3g coverage...
[General Topics] VeryCoolAlan:
I'm gonna buy European phones from now on and just buy an att sim
[General Topics] strikeoutss:
Low prices mean **** without good customer service. Like a 3$ bj from someone with a clear case of oral herpes. Its cheap but you will regret it before its done.
[General Topics] shreddintyres:
LOL great analogy.

From here on out im only gonna buy international phones or Nexus phones.
[General Topics] xriderx66:
oh my god.

.i just burst out laughing hahahahhah
[General Topics] Segnaro:
http://twitter.com/fcc

#NeverAgain part 2? ;)
[General Topics] xriderx66:
wtf r u gonna say?>

never again will i be betrayed by you tMO
[General Topics] jwleonhart:
This really does suck. I've been with Voicestream then T-Mobile. Before Voicestream I had AT&T for a bit, and also had verizon for a year when my T-Mobile contract was up.

Everytime I went right to T-Mobile again, and to be honest they really are the best carrier out there.

It just boggles my mind... they could easily pick up customers by offering something like $50 unlimited everything. And when they mean unlimited, no throttling, no data caps, no nothing.

Watch the customers stream in like fish, and watch the money pile up to save your ass.

Instead T-Mobile decided to sell itself?

The kind of stupidity that executives make sometimes makes me wonder why the hell they get paid such money. I really think I should run for president, and i'm only 24. Can't wait till our generation gets in power to stop all this bull**** our parents have created. :D
[General Topics] Segnaro:
Nah, I meant that starting a campaign like #neveragain seems more productive than sending the FCC letters that will get thrown in the garbage.
[General Topics] qtilt112:
Say goodbye to our great data speeds too, at&t's average is about 1 megabit/s. Today is a sad day indeed...

On the positive side, I may actually get coverage at my house!
[General Topics] dluther:
I hope they keep her. She's *extremely* good looking!
[General Topics] qipengart:
Carly is the best. Sorry Verizon man doesn't looks as good. Will Carly wear both magenta and blue now?
[General Topics] shreddintyres:
On the downside the AT&T merger could be nothing good from the consumer perspective outside the realm of possibly better phone choices how ever there is one glimmer of hope. If i read twitter correctly Whitehawkx will be putting up a RC for his gingerbread rom fairly soon.
[General Topics] JN9391:
Hope some of you realize our data speed wont be effected at all since the tmobile cell towers come with the whole package. Lol
[General Topics] funkybunk:
Considering I still have an old cliq lying around, I'll have to try the new gingerbread rom.

And I am really sad about the merger too. :( My family left cingular right about when they were bought out by AT&T, and since I really want to keep GSM service, I guess I'm going to have to stick with this rather than go to CDMA. Hopefully somebody sees it as a monopoly and stops the merge, considering it looks like AT&T will have a monopoly on GSM service between major carriers.
[General Topics] foreverinpanama:
My concern is the lack of competition. It is a fact competition drives cost down. Right now it seems we are going to 2 big giants instead though. Cell phone service is either going to suck or prices are going to go up. Talking about service not the phones and hardware.
[General Topics] Jayavarman:
Some magenta and blue:
[General Topics] PixoNova:
My multi-billion $ is better than yours!
[General Topics] I Am Marino:
And I can hear Jizz in my Pants playing now.

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[General Topics] HonestEnd:
These next few years should be VERY interesting...
[General Topics] amahmed555:
I Wonder what will happen to Simple Mobile customers after the merger. I am currently on unlimited voice/data/text for only $60.00 with no contract.
[General Topics] sLiKK:
+1.

It seems as if its headed to a monopoly.
[General Topics] philly0429:
pretty soon this will happen to internet providers....and cable/sattelite providers as well. That way when "syria" happens here.....they can shut-down all forms of communication and keep us from banding together to rise up against the government!
[General Topics] peecs121:
The only reason I switched to T-Mobile was because of there prices and kick ass Android phones. I hate AT&T cause I worked for them for along time. I guess the only positive thing out of this is the network combined will be the best in the country. Theres certain areas where I live that when I'm on Edge the guys I work with, that have AT&T, are still at 3g. So that would be sweet! I just hope we can keep our current plans.
[General Topics] dani26286:
do you really want to know why i reacted like this? cuz i think i might of gotten a little imature down de lines about this, but such passion fills me up so much about this, cuz i had to work my ass up to pay ~$500 for it ( and i still ow people money), this phone of mine, to exchange it three times, until i got my quietly brilliant one, to finally be able to root it, cuz i wanted to see for once way this cyanogen is so amazing, to be told that in the future a certain feature, that now is, as it is supposed to be, for free on my carrier, will be restricted on an unbelievable rude carrier, that in the will by my own carrier, and literally make me pay again for what was once paid...

damn it guys, money doesn't grow on trees, for most of us. really?
[General Topics] brian_v3ntura:
for me,the only thing I should be worrying abt is prices since it looks like america will have a GSM monopoly now. But it should take a year for a full company merger and aa bit longer to actually see hardware differences. Plus the vibrant hrdware already supports AT&T 3g (1900mhz)
[General Topics] cashyftw:
Haha never again seems to get a lot of attention lol
[General Topics] thegreatcity:
Verizon has no reason not to make a bid for Sprint RIGHT NOW. Its a win-win for them. If its approved, theyll leapfrog AT&T as the nations largest carrier. If neither buy-out is approved, theyll remain the nations largest carrier.

As much as I hate to say it I hope Verizon tries it, only because if that happened theres no way they could approve buy-outs for both companies. I just cant imagine that happening. Not that our wonderful government has failed to surprise me before.
[General Topics] faber78:
at and t bunch of crooked bastrds....theyre all crooked; but at and t the worst
[General Topics] Tankrat:
I can see after that year of change that at&t will raise the cost our plans if we want a phone up grade/renew a contract.

I guess at&t had to spend all those profits made off the ifad 1-4 & the irag sales/contracts.

Well I'll hang out for now and wait and see what at&t does to my contract. If the costs goes up then I may end up with sprint. Heard they now have good rates.

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[General Topics] Phateless:
Ugh. The thought sickens me.
[General Topics] Tankrat:
What do you mean pretty soon... The fcc board has already unconstitutionally gave the pres the switch to the internet. So he can turn it off or blackout websites that he don't like.

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[General Topics] SamsungVibrant:
This will just open the door for Virgin to fill T-Mobile's gap
[General Topics] SamsungVibrant:
You should consider twice before switching to Sprint. I would happily pay more a month for good customer service than to switch to Sprint.
[General Topics] TJBunch1228:
Buddy, we have no chance of cleaning up our parents' mess. Our generation is so much more ****ed up than theirs. We are a nation of whiny, govt tit sucking, elitist, self-entitled libtards. We don't stand a chance.
[General Topics] lewy10:
AT&T customer service is like a warm nut stain. Just my 2 cents
[General Topics] duboi97:
Agreed!!!!! This generation fails! No offence but were no where as wise as our parents. Back then America wasn't obese! America wasn't losing to China in education! America wasn't in every war! There were no terrorist! All countries loved us (minus the countries we fought)! We had amazing leadership...! America was just better in general! I'm sorry but that is my opinion! :)
[General Topics] sgtchili:
This calls for a mass exodus out of at&t those pos. And I was gonna go to T-Mobile after this contract ends I've had enough of at&t! *Sighs* who are the GSM carriers left? Metro PCS? Sad day indeed...
[General Topics] Tankrat:
Well hopefully tmo customers get grandfathered in, I love my current plan rates. If not then I'm going to jump ship faster than you can say damnit... Got a few coworkers that got sprint phones and their rates are almost as good as mine... I will do some investigating before hand though.

I still will not get sucked in to an ifad even if you paid me to take it. I love android too much now with all the open source modding that is out there now.

I rather sprint had done the merger not the at&t buy out

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[General Topics] bauerlucas:
This sale made local news in Seattle on q13 saying the feds may not let it happen. All they said is that they don't know if it will affect the jobs of people in Bellview.
[General Topics] doug2060:
Damn... I still owe AT&T money too... LOL!
[General Topics] Tankrat:
I just remembered why I hate at&t....

Their long distance landline service sucked here in the US. Spent many years overseas and had to use their prepaid & credit phone cards to call back to the states. Thank god vondage and skipe came to the rescue.

I remember spending those prepaid calling cards just to call 1-800 numbers to order stuff from the states. Thank god someone in the government made a dedicated phone line so we gi's could really got to call toll-free from overseas.

I hate at&t

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[General Topics] Black6spdZ:
I don't care if the new plans get cheaper.. I'll cut off my nose to spite my face.. the AT&T monopoly will never get any of my money. Is it time to hit them with the Sherman Antitrust Act ... AGAIN?!
[General Topics] darbear5610:
Get Grandfathered NOW

"Will my rate plan change because of the acquisition?

We will honor all contracted plans that are entered into before the change of ownership."

That's what T-Mobile says, I recommend you get a contract now or are already grandfathered, because if you're getting into a 2-year once the merger is complete, you'll be completely at the mercy of AT&T and resistance WILL be futile.
[General Topics] lude219:
And that's why I said anecdotal evidence means jack ****. Because by saying you have better service in YOUR area doesn't necessarily applies to everywhere else, and vice versa.

**THIS IS STRICTLY 3G, AS BOTH AT&T/TMOBILE USE QUADBAND 2G SPECTRUM (850/900/1800/1900mhz)**

The thing with the spectrum is that Tmobile uses 1700/2100mhz that no other carrier in the known world uses other than some back country carrier in South America.

Radio frequency works the same way like sound frequency:

The lower the frequency (shorter distance) --> the higher the penetration (buildings, walls, EM, etc).

The higher the frequency (longer distance) --> the shorter the penetration

Meaning, if you live in dense places like NY or SF with tall buildings, your best bet is to have a carrier with low frequency (850mhz/1900mhz for AT&T, 1700/2100mhz for Tmobile). However, if you live in the middle of nowhere like Dorothyville, Kansas, carriers will cut cost on the amount of cell towers to put up by utilizing a higher frequency in those area. How carriers set up their cell towers is a whole 'nother subject.

This is the reason why AT&T and VZ are moving toward LTE. Verizon's LTE operates at 700mhz.
[General Topics] Vulf:
GSM Monopoly is not good :(

Sprint and Verizon must merge! :D [Not really]
[General Topics] S0NiX0928:
I'd expect the government to lean corporate at this point no doubt... So many strings being pulled behind the public curtain. =/
[General Topics] S0NiX0928:
Seeds of corruption go back many decades... I'd say some generations of old tend to lean as ignorant as today's youth of my generation and such... The baby boomers thay grew up on tv suck the corporate media tit assuming that the box of pictures has actually worthy content (with a handful of exceptions) to give to the general populas... Instead we have flip-tards like Glenn Beck & Fox News preaching hateful BS to a large sum of the country. Hate which is carefully but so blatantly created by the right... And unfortunately many generations of old buy into easy blame, hate schemes it seems. From the protests for Muslim's to not be able to build a religious center in NYC to unbelievable racism in the southern states such as Arizona and Texas to name a few I'm personally entwined to atm. However, that being said about older generations there is a great deal of laziness and ignoramce amongst my peers (I'm 22) about the issues within our government and the world... The saddest part is that we are all web savy individuals with access to credible information that would know doubt give rise to protests and riots had real news actual had been broadcasted for the past decade or so. I'll cut this rant short but to say the least there is a lot of blame to go around and share but right now the most important part is spreading truth, opinions & knowledge. Generations need to bridge together and fight with what freedoms we still have as US citizens and give the information age it's rightful purpose.
[General Topics] mr.johnsexydavis911:
Are you kidding me? No one in my whole family (outside my generation) could do my algebra homework back when I was a freshman. Countries don't hate america, instead they hate western civilization as a whole. What our generation lacks is a positive outlook, everywhere in the world, not just america.
[General Topics] orb3000:
Closing thread

Sr. Mod edit This is the appropriate forum for this discussion. I will merge the other threads.

jwzg