''The Sprint-T-Mobile merger has been put on ice''

[TopWargamer]

http://bgr.com/2014/03/05/sprint-t-mobile-merger-news-2/

It figures: Just when we were starting to see one good reason for Sprint to acquire T-Mobile, the whole transaction has been put on ice. Bloomberg News reports that Deutsche Telekom CEO Timotheus Höttges doesn’t see any sale of T-Mobile to Sprint happening anytime soon, which seems to indicate that Sprint and DT have been unsuccessful in their efforts to win over U.S. regulators. This news comes just as Sprint chairman Masayoshi Son had started to go on a public relations charm offensive aimed at winning over a skeptical public about the potential benefits of a merger between the two carriers. If the two companies decide to put the merger on hold, it will be interesting to see whether Sprint adopts some of the more aggressive tactics that have helped T-Mobile win over lots of customers for the past few quarters.

Oh thank God. T-Mobile would have gone down hill fast if they were acquired by Sprint. Sprint would have easily reversed all of the good that T-Mobile has done. Either way, I'm glad that, for now, T-Mobile will stay T-Mobile. As a side note, I've been trying out TMo for the past week or so now (use to be on Verizon). Their coverage in my city is excellent and their speeds are superb.

[Shd0w2]

This reminds me of the Time warner cable and comcast thing, why couldn't they have also been put on hold!?

[RelentlessAF]

Isn't there supposed to be regulations that prevent monopolies like this? In my area the only good service is T-Mobile. Both sprint and AT&T are way to expensive, it doesn't seem fair to the consumer that we have to pay more because bigger companies are buying out all the better options.

[bob345]

This reminds me of the Time warner cable and comcast thing, why couldn't they have also been put on hold!?

my thoughts exactaly

[PillowSmoke]

http://bgr.com/2014/03/05/sprint-t-mobile-merger-news-2/

Oh thank God. T-Mobile would have gone down hill fast if they were acquired by Sprint. Sprint would have easily reversed all of the good that T-Mobile has done. Either way, I'm glad that, for now, T-Mobile will stay T-Mobile. As a side note, I've been trying out TMo for the past week or so now (use to be on Verizon). Their coverage in my city is excellent and their speeds are superb.

 

What speeds are you getting?

[Assassin]

This reminds me of the Time warner cable and comcast thing, why couldn't they have also been put on hold!?

 

my thoughts exactaly

Comcast has shit ton of money to lobby and enough influence to get this deal through. So we are pretty much destined to be fucked.

[TopWargamer]

What speeds are you getting?

Where I live, it switches between 1-2 bars of LTE to 2-3 bars of HSPA+. I don't mind it, because I'm connected to WiFi anyways. Anyways, the speeds I get at my house are ~5 down, ~3 up.

 

In areas with 3-4 bars of LTE, I'll get ~30 down, ~10 up. 

 

In areas with a full 4 or 5 bars, I can get anywhere from ~40 - ~50 down, ~20 up. 

 

Coverage has been excellent and I haven't dropped service once, and I've gone all around Tampa with TMo. Keep in mind though, this is for my city. Your mileage may vary. 

[TopWargamer]

Isn't there supposed to be regulations that prevent monopolies like this? In my area the only good service is T-Mobile. Both sprint and AT&T are way to expensive, it doesn't seem fair to the consumer that we have to pay more because bigger companies are buying out all the better options.

Technically it's not a monopoly unless there's only 1 option nationwide. Hence there being tons of local monopolies. A great example is Comcast/Time Warner. 

[Scheer]

Where I live, it switches between 1-2 bars of LTE to 2-3 bars of HSPA+. I don't mind it, because I'm connected to WiFi anyways. Anyways, the speeds I get at my house are ~5 down, ~3 up.

 

In areas with 3-4 bars of LTE, I'll get ~30 down, ~10 up. 

 

In areas with a full 4 or 5 bars, I can get anywhere from ~40 - ~50 down, ~20 up. 

 

Coverage has been excellent and I haven't dropped service once, and I've gone all around Tampa with TMo. Keep in mind though, this is for my city. Your mileage may vary. 

 

Verizon was worse than that?

[TopWargamer]

Verizon was worse than that?

No. Verizon was better in every way possible.

 

I'm trying out T-Mobile because I don't really like Verizon (in terms of pricing and how they do their business). Plus my mom also wants to switch carriers because Verizon is getting too costly (she's paying ~$200 a month for 3 people, and that's WITH  a 20% discount). Suffice to say that T-Mobile will be MUCH less than that.

 

Verizon may be better in every way possible, but I am very very happy with TMo so far. Their speeds are about on par with Verizon's and their coverage is great in my area. 

[PillowSmoke]

No. Verizon was better in every way possible.

 

I'm trying out T-Mobile because I don't really like Verizon (in terms of pricing and how they do their business). Plus my mom also wants to switch carriers because Verizon is getting too costly (she's paying ~$200 a month for 3 people, and that's WITH  a 20% discount). Suffice to say that T-Mobile will be MUCH less than that.

 

Verizon may be better in every way possible, but I am very very happy with TMo so far. Their speeds are about on par with Verizon's and their coverage is great in my area. 

 

YAY! tmo buddies LOL!

[Tocsin_786]

why is every cellular company going after T...Mobile in America wtf