AT&T to aquire T-Mobile

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  1. Noizemaze

    Noizemaze Noisemaze Collector

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    As a T-Mobile customer, I'm not sure how I feel about this.

    AT&T to Buy T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion | Epicenter*| Wired.com

     
  2. ronin0510

    ronin0510 Well-Known Member

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    Im kinda upset at what this could mean (I'm a tmo customer).
     
  3. mineraljane

    mineraljane Gravity Hugger

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    Ma Bell continues to rise from the dead.
     
  4. Predaking

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    Dammit.. I am a T-Mobile's customer and I don't want it to be merged with AT&T.
     
  5. raiden225005

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    Noooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
  6. bignick1693

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    Not to sound like a jerk but I predicted this when t mobile sales went down low. Sorry for t mobile customers who dis like AT&T but hey you can get the iPhone now if it happens.
     
  7. Tekkaman Blade

    Tekkaman Blade Professor of Animation

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    Your safe unless you change your contract, their required by law to honor it. I have a great deal from At&t, but that's because I'm grandfathered in from when they bought Bellsouth.
     
  8. ronin0510

    ronin0510 Well-Known Member

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    yeah I'm currently on tmo's em+ plan and under no contract and I wonder what will happen if the merger goes through before the end of the year when I can sign up on contract.
     
  9. cheetorBWORG

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    If the Federal Trade Commission agrees to the merger, T-Mo customers will only get access to the iPhone AFTER a 12 month period.

    Despite how fast this world sometimes moves, some things still remain slow as all hell.
     
  10. Gears

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  11. smkspy

    smkspy Remember true fans

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    Did T-mobile customers really not see some type of merger in their future? Really? The writing was always on the wall, it was just a matter of when, not really who.
     
  12. David

    David Here for a good time, not a long time TFW2005 Supporter

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    So, I wonder if I will be able to op out of my contract with t-mobile when this goes through.
     
  13. Noizemaze

    Noizemaze Noisemaze Collector

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    It isn't a matter of not seeing it coming, its more being disappointed in the end result.
     
  14. Moy

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    Dang, well at least I don't have a contract.
     
  15. Dark Skull

    Dark Skull Well-Known Enabler Moderator

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    Well.....I have AT&T and I didn't see this one coming :D  I have a friend that works in a T-Mobile call center too. I wonder if she already knows about it. I'll have to ask her.

    To think....once my contract was up, I was going to consider switching to T-Mobile :D  Funny how things work out in the end.
     
  16. Sol Fury

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    Maybe this means I'll get international roaming to work in the US now?
     
  17. Trenner Dios

    Trenner Dios everything u like is dumb

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    Great. It's only a matter of time before we have just two cell phone companies to choose from. Hooray for monopolies.

    We use Credo. I highly recommend them for anyone looking to switch plans.
     
  18. Kickback

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    Sprint is still #3 :p 

    With this merger:
    #1 - AT&T
    #2 - Verizon
    #3 - Sprint
    #4 - Cricket
     
  19. RabidYak

    RabidYak Go Ninja Go Ninja Go

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    No more or less then before. Its just the American part of the business thats being sold, nothing to do with T-Mobile here.