T-Mobile Agrees To Acquire Sprint

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Won't take effect until sometime next year, if regulators don't block the merger completely.
 
In rural locations out here, sprint and t-mobile are the worst. I do not see that changing
 
Watchdog said:
Won't take effect until sometime next year, if regulators don't block the merger completely.
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I hope the regulators are a little more reasonable than they used to be. Just up the road in Hanover, PA, Utz Potato Chips and Snyder's of Hanover (pretzels) were going to merge back in 2009. They got so much grief from the Federal regulators in power at the time that they cancelled the merger.
 
eb07 said:
In rural locations out here, sprint and t-mobile are the worst. I do not see that changing
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'it takes money to make money'

The carriers with the most money can use it to build more cell towers and buy spectrum from the government.

5G is coming to a neighborhood near you or maybe not.

The second part of the equation is your cellphones radios that's often overlooked.If you have trouble connecting it may not be your carrier's fault.

My best T-Mobile connections are on band 12.
 
I've been a loyal Verizon customer for nearly 20 years.
There are a lot cheaper services out there, but nobody else has the coverage they have.
Verizon is the only carrier with coverage at my lake cabin - and a lot of other places in eastern Washington.
It's worth it to me. I doubt that this merger will change any of that.
Though it might push Verizon into lowering their prices again in the interest of being more competitive. I wouldn't mind that :)
 
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CDMA is on its way out. It is being used for the slower service (3G & 2G) on Verizon and Sprint. Both use LTE (same as T-Mobile & AT&T) for 4G. Verizon has said they will shut their CDMA network down by the end of 2020 and go full LTE. Sprint's CDMA will shut down soon as well. LTE and "5G" will be the future of cell phone tech in the USA - as in the rest of the world.

Sprint has abysmal coverage in the western half of the country, but they own a lot of spectrum that hasn't been built out. They simply cannot afford to build it out given the fact that they have been losing money for years. If the merger is apporved T-Mobile will be able to build out that spectrum and become truly competitive with (if not superior to) Verizon and AT&T.

If the merger is not approved, I think it's only a matter of time before Sprint bites the dust. So eventually there will be only three major carriers anyway.
 
I have not researched it but the Verizon service here in Texas has a lot of areas that my cell phone doesn’t work in unless you are in a town or close to one. Pine forest areas don’t like cell service I guess. Don’t really understand how people in third world countries can afford cellphones and it is so expensive here,anyone know haw rates here compare to th rest of the world?
 
Been a Sprint customer for about 17 years, got a 25% discount through my employer at the time and still get a 20% discount being retired from that employer. I haven't had any coverage problems in the southeast where I travel and any service problems I've had have been handled satisfactorily.
 
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T-Mobile has been in the expanding mode here in NM and nearby.
They may already be ahead of ATT.
But they still have a ways to go to equal Verizon Coverage.
Sprint does have ‘System Reliably’.
Right on!
 
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No cell reception with about a 5 mile radius from my house up here in the mountains. The bad thing is just about a mile behind my house high on the mountain and a 1/2 down the road the powers that be put in a tall public safety radio tower. They purposely left room on the tower with the idea of renting space to the cell phone companies. No dice they cheap so and sos did not even bother to place a bid.:mad:

This tower is in a location that it would cover a lot of area and keep cellers tied in communication from the good working tower about 6 miles down the road. We have a lot of people up here as this is a tourist area and I'm very surprised that no phone company wanted this space. If this mega merger comes to pass I hope that least one company want to use this tower.
 
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T-Mobile is GSM
Sprint is CDMA

Are you a Sprint customer?
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I've been wondering about this too. I retired from Verizon (the landline side, not the Wireless side, which are separate companies under the Verizon umbrella) but I have Sprint service since Verizon wireless didn't work in the area where I lived (small town about 30 miles SE of Dallas. Well, it would work most of the time if I went outside...and all of the time if I drove about 5 miles to pick up a different tower...but since I wanted to use my phone inside my own home, I went with Sprint (and it was the only other carrier that worked where I lived.)

We've recently moved to another town in central Texas, and all the carriers work here. We've just bought two new Samsung phones (Galaxy 8s) and now I'm wondering how they will work if the merger does happen. I imagine that the Sprint network will be maintained for at least a while...and then may be changed over time to GSM. However, since I don't know all the technical aspects involved in such a changeover (I worked in HR so not a techie) I guess time will tell how long the existing Sprint network will be maintained.
 
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I've been wondering about this too. I retired from Verizon (the landline side, not the Wireless side, which are separate companies under the Verizon umbrella) but I have Sprint service since Verizon wireless didn't work in the area where I lived (small town about 30 miles SE of Dallas. Well, it would work most of the time if I went outside...and all of the time if I drove about 5 miles to pick up a different tower...but since I wanted to use my phone inside my own home, I went with Sprint (and it was the only other carrier that worked where I lived.)

We've recently moved to another town in central Texas, and all the carriers work here. We've just bought two new Samsung phones (Galaxy 8s) and now I'm wondering how they will work if the merger does happen. I imagine that the Sprint network will be maintained for at least a while...and then may be changed over time to GSM. However, since I don't know all the technical aspects involved in such a changeover (I worked in HR so not a techie) I guess time will tell how long the existing Sprint network will be maintained.
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Your S8 should work with either system. If I am not mistaken it has the radios to connect to any of the four major U.S. carriers. I suspect the Sprint CDMA network will be around for a couple more years. By then you'll probably want a newer phone to take advantage of newer technologies & features anyway.
 
I live right on the edge of two towers in eastern Ohio and I have Verizon. Cannot get calls on my cell but send text by connecting my phone through WiFi on my SAT internet. Called the other cell companies and they all tell me that they have no coverage in this area and won't sell me service. It's all a racket. By the time you pay for Sat TV, Sat internet and wireless phone that either doesn't work or goes out with every rain drop.
Won't leave the peace and beauty of my home for any of it though.

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I think for the consumer, this is a good move.
To me, it will 'force' the likes of AT&T and Verizon to be more conscious of their tariffs and availability of devices, i.e. contracts they sign with the likes of Apple, and such...
 
Sprint and T-Mo are both iffy in my area. I switched to AT&T because they are cheaper than Verizon but if this merger proves to be a turning point in competition and Verizon does lower their rates I will very likely go back with them. However if the merger makes T-Mo a better service coverage in my area I just might go with them but, Sprint will never see another dime of my money. They have bit me two times, once when they bought Nextel and promised nothing would change and then within a short period they flushed all the Nextel customers down the drain, then they bought my internet Co. (Clearwire) and promised nothing would change and in less than 6 months they informed Clearwire customers they would need to find other internet services.
 
The cell companies won’t build a tower unless they compute it will make money.
Then they have to get permission to build it.
The other day I was coming South from Chama.
I look up at the top of a Mesa which was a couple of miles ahead on the left.
I see some funny looking ‘trees ‘ sticking up out of the regular trees.
As I get closer it was apparent they were fake tree cell towers.
Apparently some Gov agency required fake trees out in the boonies.
Yes I had a strong Verizon signal.
 
THE PILGRIM said:
The cell companies won’t build a tower unless they compute it will make money.
Then they have to get permission to build it.
The other day I was coming South from Chama.
I look up at the top of a Mesa which was a couple of miles ahead on the left.
I see some funny looking ‘trees ‘ sticking up out of the regular trees.
As I get closer it was apparent they were fake tree cell towers.
Apparently some Gov agency required fake trees out in the boonies.
Yes I had a strong Verizon signal.
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We have a lot of these in scenic areas, they are nicknamed ''Frankenpines''!
 
We have a number of fake tree towers in town, don’t usually see them in the Boonies.
Especially that far off the highway.
 
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