Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard by now that AT&T [1]formerly Cingular and otherwise known as the company with the absolute worst service in the world has finalized a deal to buy T-mobile. *pause here for really long exasperated sigh* Seriously, I’m totally upset. The title is a spoof on the two names. I joined Tmobile almost 10 years ago and for the most part have been a very happy customer. I will be making the jump to someone else as soon as I can. I’m hoping there will be an out-clause for the merger but even if they don’t, I’ll probably switch.
AT&T’s move was a smart one but not because they were afraid of Tmobile, hardly. But, by buying Tmobile, AT&T gets access to their infrastructure which will boost their coverage significantly, not to mention the extra wireless spectrum. It makes total sense from a purely business point of view. Sadly, I’m not the only Tmo customer who is more than a little upset. Even worse, Sprint was in negotiations with Tmobile to merge when the parent company sold’em to AT&T. *sigh* A Sprint/Tmobile merger would have had its technical challenges as they use different technology to power their networks. But the combined company would have totally given Verizon and AT&T a run for their money. By snatching Tmobile away from Sprint, AT&T effectively bitch-slapped Sprint into remaining the #3 carrier in the US, probably permanently.
For now, I’m stuck with it. I’m hoping for the best but I’m not really expecting it. I’m girding my loins for the worst actually.
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Why would you be with T slow-ble?? They don't carry the iPhone.
And surely you know you need an iPhone. It's the gayest of accessories
I've been using Sprint for years – great data access coverage, and the pricing has been better than the alternatives. Who needs an iSheep when you can get a cool Android.
I use Virgin (which when you found out I used you called it ghetto!), which uses the Sprint network, on my Android phone. I've never had a dropped call, the data works flawlessly and the price for service, $25 (or $45 if you talk a lot)for unlimited text and data can't be beat. With almost everyone I know paying bills over $100 for what I'm enjoying for a quarter of that is insane.
Evil AT&T empire is taking over now then.
Get OFF yer ass and do a new blog post betch. I need to know who you doing and how much you working out.