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Old 03-20-2011, 01:13 PM
 
Location: Tulsa, OK
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AT&T to Buy T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion - NYTimes.com
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Old 03-20-2011, 02:23 PM
 
Location: Colorado
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I'm not happy about this, I love my t-mobile plan, we still have the fave-5 plan since we have been subscribers for a while. We actually left AT&T to go to t-mobile. sigh
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Old 03-20-2011, 02:48 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Monopoly building IMHO.
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Old 03-20-2011, 02:52 PM
 
Location: Tulsa, OK
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Monopoly building IMHO.
History repeating itself.
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Old 03-20-2011, 04:20 PM
 
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I'm not happy about this, I love my t-mobile plan, we still have the fave-5 plan since we have been subscribers for a while. We actually left AT&T to go to t-mobile. sigh
LOL, they did this just to make you mader than hell.
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Old 03-20-2011, 04:25 PM
 
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These were the only 2 major carriers with GSM phones. Both unlocked your phone for free after a few months. Unlocked GSM phones are very cheap to use when you are in a another country (most countries have GSM) and buy a local SIM card. You always got the best handset deal when you switched between these 2 GSM carriers at the end of 2 years - which will no longer be possible.
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Old 03-20-2011, 07:03 PM
 
Location: West Michigan
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Oh...great.
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Old 03-20-2011, 07:08 PM
 
Location: near bears but at least no snakes
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These were the only 2 major carriers with GSM phones. Both unlocked your phone for free after a few months. Unlocked GSM phones are very cheap to use when you are in a another country (most countries have GSM) and buy a local SIM card. You always got the best handset deal when you switched between these 2 GSM carriers at the end of 2 years - which will no longer be possible.
I have T Mobile without a contract, meaning that I buy minutes as I need them. I like it that way. I also like having the option of using my phone when I travel--just get a SIM card for it when you get there.

So--do you think we'll still be allowed to buy minutes?
And will we still be able to use our SIM card when we travel out of the country? (I used to have AT & T once but got rid of it.)
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Old 03-20-2011, 10:21 PM
 
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Yep, this will go to crap quicker than we can imagine.

I guess it is time to go shopping.

Anybody know anything about these folks?

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Old 03-21-2011, 07:06 AM
 
Location: Lincoln, CA
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I hope this deal will at least mean fewer dropped calls at the very least.
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