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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 02:46 PM Original message |
AT&T agrees to buy T-Mobile, creating industry giant |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. This does not bode well for Sprint or consumers in general... |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. My thoughts exactly. |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. me for another. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. +1 |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. One of these days I'm going to pay bills with a check drawn on 'The Bank' payable to 'The Company' |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. ewww -- too true n/t |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. What will you do when (not if) the bank buys the company? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. Brilliant post! |
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johnroshan (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
38. LMAO... Sad... but soooo true.. |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
40. touche'. :D don't forget the 10% going directly to 'The Party'. (n/t) |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
50. Yup...media gets more and more concentrated, communications gets more concentrated, banks get more.. |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
60. Thank You! I needed that! |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hey, didn't we break this company up just awhile back for some reason? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. Even that was a sham. ATT was thrilled about getting rid of the local |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
39. It's already here: |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. Normally I hate to read shit like this but |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yes, you can get an iPhone if you want |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. T-Mobile is nice or USED to be nice anyways. |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. iPhones lag behind Droids. n/t |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Carriers barely have to advertise iPhones. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
59. ITA..... |
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Goldom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. Bad for competition, yet |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. T-Mobile: We Were Totally Kidding About AT&T’s Crappy Network! |
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mrdmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. Remember when Cingular was taken over by AT&T |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Same experience here. Don't know if any of them are going to be any better. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. I loathe AT & T for spying and for getting away with it. I have T-Mobile - who can I switch to |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
34. I get a Democratic Party newsletter that suggests one who send profits to progressive causes. |
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PSUDem (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Credo Mobile |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. That may very well be my next carrier...because I'll be damned if I stay wtih ATTNSA... |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. Thanks, have you any experience with them? |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
55. i have verizon |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. t mobile customers are about to get royally screwed and gouged nt |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. yes, now that I just signed up for two more years. |
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MikeE (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. Well, I have T Mobile |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. ditto |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. CREDO is based on Sprint's network. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. me too |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
57. I know everyone hates AT&T, especially after SW Bell bought AT&T (AT&T was |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
65. I am thinking the same thing. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. AT&T, T-Mobile Deal to Cost $100 Million in Lobbying? |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. Great. |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. so will they become ATT&T? |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #20 |
43. T&A would probably be easier to remember. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
24. My usual link for the depletion of choice, wages, freedom, opportunities and actuality of retiring. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. This fucking sucks. Att is the absolute WORST. |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
27. Way back when AT&T did that last round of mergers |
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nyy1998 (984 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. Great, so I just went from the 2nd crappiest network to the most crappiest network, smh nt |
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Snarkoleptic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
29. Since T-Mobile was the only major cell phone company who refused to |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #29 |
52. Yup..my thoughts too... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #29 |
53. Fucking just makes me sick. I guess I'll throw my fucking phone in the toilet and flush it. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
30. An interesting read: AT&T, T-Mobile Merger: A Regulatory Quagmire? |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. I still have TMobile, but didn't renew. Their service has been lousy lately. |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
35. Time to dump my T-Mobile service. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 03:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Might be time to renew instead |
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bigworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
58. T-Mo is one of the few mega companies I like |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
44. Fucking hell. I love T-Mobile. Now it will be ruined. nt |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
63. I have been using T-Mobile since they were Voicestream because the were cheaper |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
45. Corporate monopolies... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
46. NO! Ugh. (nt) |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
47. When #2 + #4 = #1... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
48. Queue the Death Star music... |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
49. If I wanted shitty service, dropped calls, crappy data plans and exorbitant rates... |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #49 |
67. I love T-Mobile too. The AT&T takeover is crappy news. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
54. It took a couple of years for the gov to approve AT&T's purchase of Bell South some years ago... |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
61. Huzzah! Great news! |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
62. We are going back to the bad old days of monopoly telecom. |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
64. Fuck... I hope the T-mobile guys jump on over to Sprint... |
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