# AT&T Buying T-Mobile **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 20, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-buying-t-mobile/210283 "2011-03-20T16:40:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-buying-t-mobile/210283/21 "2011-03-21T09:35:07Z")
lol ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-buying-t-mobile/210283/22 "2011-03-21T19:03:28Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > So AT&T and T-Mo are getting married. I heard they are planning a big church service but there will not be any reception. i chuckled. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-buying-t-mobile/210283/23 "2011-03-21T20:33:26Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > Family plan? How many kids do you have? I was the first one in my family with a cell phone, in 1998. I ended up adding the rents and little sister onto my plan. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-buying-t-mobile/210283/24 "2011-03-22T10:46:21Z")
um, tmo definitely does NOT have 4G service, and its def NOT LTE. they use HSPA+. edit: oh yea YAY DUOPOLY! there is NOTHING good in this for the consumer. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-buying-t-mobile/210283/25 "2011-03-22T10:56:54Z")
I was an orphan when AT&T went to Cingular, outsourced AT&T customer serivce off shore, then when they went back after I went to a Cingular device the next year they did it to me again and outsourced Cingular customer service this time… ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-buying-t-mobile/210283/26 "2011-03-22T11:36:10Z")
> [@Geehee](#): > > um, tmo definitely does NOT have 4G service, and its def NOT LTE. > > they use HSPA+. > > edit: oh yea YAY DUOPOLY! > > there is NOTHING good in this for the consumer. Better handsets and coverage? ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-buying-t-mobile/210283/27 "2011-03-22T13:48:53Z")
how does that get better handsets? One could argue better coverage for Tmo customers, and more bandwidth, but there are WAY MORE negatives in this equation. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-buying-t-mobile/210283/28 "2011-03-22T14:05:47Z")
> [@Geehee](#): > > how does that get better handsets? Nokia makes phones for T-Mobile, but not AT&T so much. With the Nokia / Microsoft deal they’ll be trying to bring their products to the US, but T-Mobile alone won’t help them. This merger gives them the large service provider they need to kick things off. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-buying-t-mobile/210283/29 "2011-03-22T15:47:49Z")
alright, i hadnt thought of that. i still stand by my thought that this is overall bad for the consumer. it will just be big red and ma orange (or is it ma red?) directing the entire industry to whatever is best for their stockholders. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-buying-t-mobile/210283/30 "2011-03-22T16:06:27Z")
Then buy their stock and ride the wave, lol. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-buying-t-mobile/210283/31 "2011-03-23T04:33:09Z")
I should probably clarify that while I work for VZW I’m in no way some super huge koolaid drinker of theirs. They have no soul, and I assume that the board of execs survives off the hearts of babies they steal from the maternity ward. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/at-t-buying-t-mobile/210283.md?page=1)