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That article does not have anything close to the technical detail that what you quoted before. Yeah eventually they will shut Sprin't network down and use B41 for 5G. I am looking for a time line from an authoritative source.

Where? Do you have a link?

So, say you’re city is up. They decommissions sprint network than you will be placed on tmo lte grid with a compatible device. The fastest way to add capacity to tmo grid is to integrate band 25/26.. Neville has stated at conferences that he plans to use all of band 41 for 5G and leave his current lte network as a fall back until its time to refarm

Also, 36 million still need to be migrated over to compatible devices.. good luck with that

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Is this from a trusted source or is this somebody's musings?

It’s all on the the new tmo website

that T-Mobile is “applying the same philosophy” with the Sprint merger as it did when it acquired MetroPCS. “The playbook that we did with Metro, it wasn’t combining two networks. It was shutting one network down and extracting some assets (from) that network to enhance the T-Mobile network,” he said.

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Well, Pennsylvania's PUC approved the merger! One down, 49 more to go! [emoji23]

I think that is totally unrealistic and completely bad!    That is a completely protectionist approach in a free market.  The market should drive prices not artificial price freezes.    Network Investment takes capital.    Terrible idea.    Government should stay out of setting prices. 

FCC's Ajit Pai and the DOJ's Makan Delrahim may already be on the same page regarding the merger after all.  Before Ajit Pai announced he will approve the merger, he had met with Makan Delrahim.
Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, “consulted” with Makan Delrahim, the head of the antitrust division at the Department of Justice

https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/10520302189557/Redacted FCC Commitments Ex Parte (05.20.2019).pdf
Check out Page 3 and Page 4 of Attachment 1: Verification and Enforcement
New T-Mobile has to provide drive tests, network maps and certifications, among other things. If they fail to meet these commitments, they will voluntarily pay into a fund in lieu of other enforcement action.

1.9 maybe but 2.5 I'm going to need to see some proof. 2xCA is only active if your really close to the tower and if your inside even when it is active speeds are not good on upload. Even 3XCA which Sprint is unlikely to do anyway couldn't pull it off.

 

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The only way sprint can pull it off .. they have to dedicate more TDD spectrum towards the actual upload without using CA. Like they were doing with with the earlier configuration. That’s what I think hes talking-about

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This is what is troubling.    Hate to say this, but our news organizations need to get facts at least semi-correct before putting it out on the wire.   Reuters got that juicy little bit of news and ran to put it out on the feed in the morning yesterday that other news orgs used to report.
Now there are 15 different news stories using the Reuters feed as gospel when it's not correct and admittedly wrong.     Not to say the DOJ will or won't accept the merger, but the info at present time is old information.  

Something I'm really curious about. If Sprint gets the $600,000,000 breakup fee from T-Mobile, what are the odds that they use some of that to buy some of Dish's lowband? 

I do not see this scenario happening!! The DOJ staff cannot sue without Makan delharim .. the White House made a clear statement today they want this deal to happen ( I know it’s getting very political) but I’m expecting Makan to approve the deal in the 48 hours just my opinion of course. But the DOJ and states will struggle to win in court really don’t have a case

Admin economic officials still support deal, believe merger presents no antitrust concerns.

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They don't owe the fee if Sprints credit rating is downgraded. 

And I think that would happen if T-mobile backs out of the deal. I’m very positive that T-mobile has no intentions of doing so

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So what’s the point of a “merger deadline”? Does it actually mean anything?

If the merger isn’t consummated by the 7/29/2019 deadline, would T-Mobile be on the hook for the $600 Million Breakup Fee?: https://www.axios.com/t-mobile-could-owe-sprint-600-million-if-it-walks-away-647826e9-afc9-41e4-86bb-7d8dd8fafb5f.html

Perhaps he’s looking at the calendar as the Merger deadline for Sprint/T-Mobile is July 29, 2019: https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/29/t-mobile-sprint-merger-deadline-delay/ Would they keep pushing this back?

 

Allowing, Verizon and att to continue with their plans!! As everything comes to a halt with t-mobile and sprint other than their regular network plans

Att/Verizon stock have also taken a hit on this news today

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If the Merger fails, I think he will sell them off to some cable or Dish. However they are still confident it will pass.

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Wow! [emoji50]
Two thoughts:
Masa: Your move.
Michele: Looks like you’re sticking around as CEO.

Well, I hope everyone has their coffee ready lol

DOJ seem to be undecided, but even if they approve it is looking like ny and California AGs are on board to sue if doj gives approval. With a few more states on board they would fully have the resources to fight this merger without the backing of the fcc or DOJ!! Hang tight this could get ugly fast

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I see DOJ as asking for more concessions.  If they just deny it, they risk Trump overruling them.  More concessions can be equated to being better negotiators to some people. 

The FCC Chair laid out valid political reasons for approval for this administration.  This allows the FCC to take any heat over the next few weeks, which DOJ can in some way address in concessions if desired.  The only other constituency that may matter is any state Attorney General, and I am not certain what they can really do to a national firm, which presumably fails under interstate commerce. Still worth not having them as enemies if reasonable.

DOj doesn’t deal with concession it’s the FCC.. there is even a huge penalty to pay of some sort if the new tmo doesn’t apply by the terms reached.. If the reports are true and not put out by career people that are salty.. than the DOJ really just can’t accept the us going from 4 to 3 carries .. is that a strong enough case to hold up in court? Maybe not, but it will sure make sprint/tmo think about if they wanna spend more time on this in court or do they back out

Penalties for broken promises

So what happens if the New T-Mobile fails to deliver on any of the obligations outlined here? In their letter to the FCC, T-Mobile and Sprint say they'll agree to an "unprecedented" amount of verification and enforcement. "Failure to meet New T-Mobile obligations will trigger severe, increasing, and continuing voluntary contributions that will make failure prohibitively expensive and incentivize New T-Mobile to meet its commitments," the companies said

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They have absolutely no case if they sue on anti-trust. None!!!

Basing this on the Clayton act:

there is really no price protection for the consumer

After 3 years prices are a fair game maybe even before

6 months in a major shake up in upper management is already expected to happen.

After merger is done, there isn’t really anything to hold them accountable

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Well that changed fast. I wonder what else they could want when it comes to antitrust?

 

 

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If the DOJ wants to sue and if the reporting is accurate. It’s not because of concessions those comes from the FCC ( the DOj has no clue about spectrum etc..) it would be simply just an anti-trust/ Clayton act issue ( the doj just not accepting the us to go from 4 to 3 carriers) and a hard one to overcome if the reporting is accurate.. If DOJ sue ( this time based on the lose against att) I think they have a strong case to win and it will be up to sprint and tmo to see if they wanna spend resources and time fighting in court

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What a plummet on Sprint and T-Mobile....  

Huh? They don't have a problem right now, why would they have a problem going forward?
 

I wonder if we all get access to all towers after it's done. Sprint Customer's Tmobile towers with Volte and T-Mobile Customer's Sprint towers with Volte?

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