AT&T Agrees to Buy Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telecom as in...T-Mobile…..
Just to clarify: they're only buying Deutsche Telekom's US unit.
schweb said:
This is a sad day. The only one of the "big 4" carriers to ever do anything pro-consumer is done.
Over here in germany, where T-Mobile is the ex-state-monopoly and still the dominant carrier, it's exactly reversed: T-mobile overcharges, has terrible customer support and has been losing subscribers to its smaller, pro-consumer competitors for years.
The only reason you would choose t-mobile here is because of the slightly better network coverage or because they had the iPhone exclusively for a few years. Thankfully, it became available on all carriers last year.
But thought it was worth throwing out there: T-Mobile USA may have been customer friendly, but only because they had to be.
It's an odd move though: as schweb pointed out, the frequency issue means AT & T won't improve their coverage, so I'm wondering what the play is here. Will they keep the t-mob brand? I suppose they'll have to, otherwise how would they explain that some AT&T customers (on the ex-Tmobile network) can't get the iPhone, while others can?