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My service will only get better. T Mobile around the Motor City has 600, 700, 1600/1700 and 1900 mHz all around as well as all the spectrum (800, 1900, 2.5G ) Sprint will provide. Getting excited for things to come!! When the closing happens (hopefully) I might get a new phone later this year to celebrate!! 🙂

Comcast is an entity all to itself. It is a horrible company that does not even want to treat customers fairly or friendly. Combined with Verizon, who I like more... the 2 of them tied up in wireless is a bad thing. (IMO) Do you feel they will allow Verizon to use their spectrum? That might help get Verizon out of their limited spectrum issues for the time being? I'm really waiting on T-Mo's home wireless broadband. I want! Tired of giving Big Cable too much for too little.

You called it right from the beginning! The states case rested on pure speculation and no actual proof. Done.

I'm hoping the states do not appeal. Enough wasted tax money!

It can't hurt. If this is all true and it happens, wonder if T Mobile will hold a press conference tomorrow?

Interesting info from the T Mob earnings call... our friend Craig Moffett asked the question that "IF" the merger does not get approved, is there any ideas of entertaining a network sharing agreement with Sprint and utilizing the 2.5G spectrum. T Mobile execs are firmly saying that the merger WILL be approved, but in case it's not, there are other options available to pursue with Sprint, including Spectrum sharing. If anyone is interested in hearing it, it's about 3/4 into the earnings call.

Heck yes! LOL

They need money. Merger or not. If it happens they can reinvest it or absorb it somehow back into the business or worst case ... cash it out. If the merger is rejected... they will need something to operate with.

Brad! NO... There is no time table. The judge said he will try to make a decision as soon as possible. You picked up Phone Arena's headline ... that's their opinion. Here is what the judge said: (Feburary was not what was said.) It may be, but it's not concrete. What's next Judge Marrero opened Wednesday's hearing reminding attendees that, "there is life beyond the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint." He declined to say when he will return with a final ruling on whether to approve the merger, but said he would "endeavor to decide as quickly as possible." Sprint and T-Mobile make a final argument for why their massive merger should be allowed to go through

I will move also. My decision will come once the merger is decided. If approved, I will likely take one of the cheaper New T Mobile plans. If Merger is rejected, I will probably have to go to an MVNO like Google or Mint Mobile. I have a 1 person plan (1 line) and there are no deals. Yes, I know places like Mint have $15 plans now...but I want to stay with a major carrier for international travel and for other personal reasons. Family plans get all the deals. I can't justify paying $71 / month with little under 1 gig of internet used each month. I just bought out my phone (Samsung 9+ from Sprint) and it's now unlocked. I'm just waiting for the decision. I'm hoping it goes through, because I too, believe the combined network will be incredible and I would like to use T Mobile's home wireless video service once it gets off the ground.

The only part of the above ideas that is palatable is T Mobile and Sprint getting together a "Network Sharing" agreement. Everything else kinda stinks. But lets face it... what will that do to Sprint? It will basically be an MVNO to itself and T-Mobile. Not really a major player anymore no matter what ... so what's the point of even having their weak name attached to anything. Fold it up! I truly think the hidden objective of the states regardless of the upcoming ruling is to stall. Keep appealing in the courts as long as possible and drag it out until the carriers have no choice but to pull the cord on the whole idea and salvage what's left. Then entire possibility of the last 2 years of negotiations and agreements being wasted is hard to even think about.

Thanks. I thought the same about the appeal, but knowing this crowd... they might.

Hey bigsnake... what's your prediction as to when the Judge will issue his ruling? I'm hoping it's this week.

Its not that it's made up... but not real factual... just a lot of hopeful speculation. The way they see it as Investment jerks, that if they call it correctly then they can say, see?! Look, I knew it was (or wasn't) going through... .blah blah blah.... Invest with us, cause we know what's going on...

It's just a bunch of trash and re-picked news stories. the press picks up a story from 2015 that T-Mobile was thinking of merging with Comcast. You see it all over the last couple of weeks in the press ... It's old news from 4 or 5 years ago. But it doesn't matter. It gets so round up and tangled (think web) that nobody later knows what is current and what isn't.

It's really so much about NOTHING! Sprint has been de-emphasizing Virgin Mobile for like 2 years now. At one point didn't they eliminate all the phones and just market i-Phones?? No advertising for 2 years or more etc... They've been trying to kill the brand off for a very long time. Blah..blah blah on the headlines... Absolutely not surprising though.

Brad... you're right! It's in the news today. Good catch!

If this were true, wouldn't the Virgin Website indicate so or re-direct you to Boost Mobile? Virgin website is up and running... Brad... you're posting links from Reddit site again. This is not the most reputable. I'm leary of what I read on Reddit. Again... there is nothing in the news-feed anywhere about this or on the company's website.

Hmm... looks like opinions of investment managers / analysts are like armpits ... everyone has one on Wallstreet and they all stink! I guess it's a big guessing game... 50-50 chance you'll be wrong ... errr.. right?? Judge will approve T-Mobile-Sprint merger say some Wall Street analysts

The merger has nothing to do with helping or hurting you there. If they don't merge, I'm sure you will lose it anyway. Sprint will be in a situation where they will not be offering fire-basement prices! I think you, some of you, are routing against this for purely personal reasons.

I take the congestion issue for T Mobile as a very positive thing. They have a large network with a very healthy customer base! I have congestion problems on the current network with less people on it. Go figure. If the merger passes, the available spectrum will be put to good use.

That would involve another lengthy merger proposal with the FCC and DOJ. Another 2 years wasted. A possible new administration... IDK.... don't like that idea. Who's going to teach them how to run a network? (LOL)... please don't say ....

Try it again here.... T-Mobile-Sprint Judge Questions Claim Merger Hurts Customers Interesting turn of events. The Bloomberg panel over-viewing the turn of events makes a good point. The 14 or so State's Attorney Generals argue the deal is anti-competitive... something the FCC and the DOJ already said, which was why they come up with the Dish deal. The Feds already went over this for 1.5 years. The judge to the states is basically saying: what solution do you have then? You said it's anti-competitive, but what solutions do you have other than stopping this??

What happened to today's threads???

same by me from my experiences in my area ....mostly at home. They've gone backwards in what was once a decent signal is mostly now weak. Had a Magic Box for nearly a year, until one of the updates kept my phone from receiving incoming calls. Was with Sprint Tech Support 5 or 6 times and decided to say take it away! Junk! Just another "band-aid", one of many tried. If you have a good network, you don't need all this extra stuff. Sprint had a Small cell site built at the end of the road by me (1/2 mile away) on a traffic light pole. It's Sprint. Checked the site on Signal Check... Band 41- 2500g. Nice but it's signal is so low powered it only goes about 1-2 blocks then fades away very quickly for my 1-2 bar Macro signal off the main site 3 miles away.