Comments for AT&T/T-Mobile deal gets another nod of approval at http://www.acadianabusiness.com , comment 1 to 10 out of 10 comments http://www.acadianabusiness.com Sat, 25 May 2013 13:13:10 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.acadianabusiness.com/business-news/acadiana-business/8629-atatt-mobile-deal-gets-another-nod-of-approval#comment-19671 Markus H. hit the nail on the head. I have T-mobile and anytime there is a concert or big event here in Las Vegas, im surrounded by people with iphones who cant make a call because they are on at&t. I have full signal and yes im on Tmobile. they want this to improve their signal and steal customers and then raise prices. i dont care what speculations say, with limited competition only one thing happens, prices go up. see netflix right now and what they are doing. they have already lost about 40,000 customers by raising prices. they lst these customers in the first 12 hours of the price hike news. - Matteo Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:27:01 +0100 http://www.acadianabusiness.com/business-news/acadiana-business/8629-atatt-mobile-deal-gets-another-nod-of-approval#comment-19557 I am surprised that AT&T hasn't already bought just about everyone in FCC to make this "deal" go through... Oh they probably did, but just making it look like there is an argument of some sort so "others" like the public and the Sprint, don't outrage too much about it. - geocrunch Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:51:26 +0100 http://www.acadianabusiness.com/business-news/acadiana-business/8629-atatt-mobile-deal-gets-another-nod-of-approval#comment-19554 Sh*t - I can see how AT&T pays some f*ck-heads like Leslie Turk and other fake "comment writers" below a small cut of the $39B's to write some sh*ty articles like this one, so we, the public, may finally start listening to their brainwashing crap and maybe send some of our "votes" to the local governments, such as the one at Louisiana, and also to the FCC. I am glad there are some people here who're actually still paying attention to what's being said and point out to the untruthful facts that this articles are trying to hide so hard. - geocrunch Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:42:17 +0100 http://www.acadianabusiness.com/business-news/acadiana-business/8629-atatt-mobile-deal-gets-another-nod-of-approval#comment-19501 Any consumer in this country should be strongly opposed to this deal. First, it creates a monopoly on the GSM network. Millions of people on T-Mobile who own expensive phones will have no options on where to take said devices. This is a real problem, since unlike T-Mobile, AT&T does not allow fully owned contract free iPhones to run without a data plan. Second, thousands of T-Mobile employees will lose their jobs. Third, stores will close adding to urban blight. Fourth, the government through the tax payer will subsidize the resulting firings through unemployment insurance. Fifth, the cost of plans will increase and be limited. I suffered through AT&T's take over of Cingular where AT&T axed Cingular's less expensive plans. Six, innovation will die because AT&T will yield enormous power against hardware makers. Had this deal been in place when Apple came out with its iPhone, it would have been dead in the water. Seventh, the deal only benefits AT&T. Nothing in this deal assures greater broadband adoption. T-Mobile and AT&T could currently enter into a sharing agreement if necessary. - Thomas Paluchniak Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:44:03 +0100 http://www.acadianabusiness.com/business-news/acadiana-business/8629-atatt-mobile-deal-gets-another-nod-of-approval#comment-19490 If the merger happen america's wireless infrastructure will die. Att is the worst, the most limited, and te most expensive customer option. The prices will increase and service will be more limited. Just look at their current strategy. Att just wants money nothing ellse. Who needs 4g if they give me 2GB limit with other limitation such as movies only via wifi and other... so in the other hands the only advantage over 4G will have ATT. Customers will use their monthly limits qiuck and they will be force to pay for another GB. ATT is slowing down or even destroying us businesses development. This Margeer is another hit pointed to US economy. Huge mistake!!! This country is really going in wrong diection. Just the matter of time when China will take over world lidership. The US does not need more bilioners we need normal economy where all people can develop and create new businesses and ideas. - dawid Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:09:35 +0100 http://www.acadianabusiness.com/business-news/acadiana-business/8629-atatt-mobile-deal-gets-another-nod-of-approval#comment-19478 This is great news! The Louisiana Public Service Commission should do the right thing and let AT&T and T-Mobile move forward. Thank you for being PRO Business! - Peyton 99 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:54:27 +0100 http://www.acadianabusiness.com/business-news/acadiana-business/8629-atatt-mobile-deal-gets-another-nod-of-approval#comment-19468 Matt82, the Arizona public utility's action does not constitute a nod? There is also some sentiment that costs will come down as a result of the merger: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303714704576385483683371632.html - Leslie Turk Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:52:47 +0100 http://www.acadianabusiness.com/business-news/acadiana-business/8629-atatt-mobile-deal-gets-another-nod-of-approval#comment-19466 How is that another nod? The PSC has not even finished its fact gathering process. Of course Kim Allen is going to say everything is great....she is the AT&T-Louisiana spokeswoman. Heck, AT&T managers and above even get a larger bonus if they close before the end of the year. They will say what they can (lie) to get people like you to say the deal is golden. Nothing will change except rate plan prices for everyone. Going UP!!! - Matt82 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:41:22 +0100 http://www.acadianabusiness.com/business-news/acadiana-business/8629-atatt-mobile-deal-gets-another-nod-of-approval#comment-19452 Way to go Ms. Turk for bringing light to this merger. Broadband in rural areas of Louisiana is very much needed. - Hank Fisher Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:29:20 +0100 http://www.acadianabusiness.com/business-news/acadiana-business/8629-atatt-mobile-deal-gets-another-nod-of-approval#comment-19451 Please rethink your stance that this merger is going to be benificial to everyone. The only one who will benifit is at&t. The spectrum crisis that at&t claims they have is nonsence. Of all the wireless carriers at&t is the only one claiming they're having trouble keeping up with data traffic on their network. As for T-mobile, their only problem is the lack of competitive devices. Eliminate exclucive deals and allow companies to have a fair shot at the higher end devices like droid charge, evo, Nexus, and some not so great phones like the iphone. It drops calls liike crazy and runs up phantom data charges yet people are still willing to buy iphone cuz the next man has one. Bottom line the devil is a liar. Fcc doj, do at least one right thing in your lives, vote no and force at&t to do what every other carrier had to do. Invest its money in its own network. They have $39 billion to buy tmobile but they cant spend it along with the unused spectrum they have stockpiled and make network improvements? - Marcus H. Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:28:11 +0100