Sad day AT&T buys TMobile

[elpolloloco]

I really hope you're right. Rollover data? I'd love it

I think pigs will fly before this happens in the next few years. It's easy to count your minutes per month, but AT&T is terrible about your data rates. From what I've noticed on the iPhone, sometimes a 100MB podcast download will show up the next day, sometimes it will show up 2 damn weeks later. AT&T probably can get something going that will give a better idea of when data was actually used, but as far as billing goes, they're fucking clueless. Some months you can be charged for shit that happened a month ago. Some months it will be reported. Roll over data would be pointless really if they can't seem to get this issue resolved.

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On a somewhat related topic: I have a sprint broadband 4G card. It's bad-ass in case anyone is contemplating getting a broadband service. The d/lspeed varies a LOT. Most of the time I can't seem to get it above 2-3MB/sec but that's not bad. Other times I get up to 8MB/sec. Either way the u/l bandwidth is always something insane for me like 8MB/sec

I haven't tried gaming with it on 4G yet. But I'm contemplating a new laptop soon

[StarsMine]

wait wait wait 8MB A SEC! you sure? thats fucking fast

[mag36]

this pisses me off....I'm worried now because at&t has a monopoly on gsm...if they change shit I'm going to Verizon

Too late AT&T already plans to fuck with Tmobile customers in the future

AT&T-Mobile?

ZoomThe BIG news that hit over the weekend is that AT&T is ponying up the cash to buy T-Mobile, which if approved, would make it so that the U.S. only has a single national GSM carrier.

The consolidation of the network and spectrum would mean that customers from both sides will eventually have a more complete and higher-quality network, but restructuring will also essentially change the 3G band for T-Mobile's existing customers.

Right now, T-Mobile uses the 1700 MHz AWS band for its 3G signals. With AT&T's proposed acquisition, it will repurpose that part of the spectrum for LTE. This means that those using T-Mobile 3G phones, even unlocked ones such as the Nexus One and Nexus S, will be unable to access the high-speed data network.

AT&T said that it has plans to help T-Mobile customers replace phones when the switchover happens, but that will be still several years out.

"There's nothing for them to worry about ... it will be done over time, in a way that's good for customers and good for AT&T," said Ralph de la Vega, AT&T's head of wireless and consumer services, to the AP.

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/at-t-t-m...ews-10544.html

Biggest issue i have it AT&T has data caps and data rates are stupid..... and with one less major company to compete with its easier to raise prices on products and services since competition will drop down Specially since there about eh only GSM phones now. Secondly with competitiveness comes new technology...... look at the highly competitive tech market and video games they push limits to get customers to buy.

So anytime a company is bought out its usually not a good thing for the consumer

[elpolloloco]

wait wait wait 8MB A SEC! you sure? thats fucking fast

yea man 4g is badass

[ZERO]

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/how...w_you_hardcore

[StarsMine]

yea man 4g is badass

once againg 8MB is fuckign fast, its faster then my land line. i think you ment 8Mb. a capitalized letter means a WHOLE wourld of diffrence

[Joker]

once againg 8MB is fuckign fast, its faster then my land line. i think you ment 8Mb. a capitalized letter means a WHOLE wourld of diffrence

Yes 8MB is fucking fast as shit, That's faster than my land line. I would have to agree with you stars I think he ment 8Mb