The deal was made because Sprint doesn't have money to upgrade to 5G so they had to merge to stay competitive.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/29/17298904/sprint-and-t-mobile-merger
EDIT: Video.
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T-Mobile and Sprint Announce $26B Merger Deal
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The deal was made because Sprint doesn't have money to upgrade to 5G so they had to merge to stay competitive.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/29/17298904/sprint-and-t-mobile-merger
EDIT: Video.
Wonder what kind of impact this will happen to me and others who use Tmobile.
They surely had come from a long way.
They surely had come from a long way.
I'd imagine that it still has to be approved by the government.
As long as my discount with Sprint gets carried over to T-Mobile, I'm happy. Though at least it'll benefit my 4G/5G coverage.
I'm only on Tmobile cause I own Sprint money. What happens now?
(Next bill:"Please pay $879.87 by May 18th to avoid service interruption)
(Next bill:"Please pay $879.87 by May 18th to avoid service interruption)
I just bought a year's worth of MintSim which uses T-Mobile's network. VoLTE is awesome. I hope this means that T-Mobile users will automatically have access to Sprint's network.
The Sprint name has sort of become synonymous with spotty service. No surprise they're sticking with T-Mobile.
I just use Mint. Not sure why others on T-Mobile don't. $25 a month for 10 GB. It uses T-Mobile's network. Hope the merger doesn't affect my Mint.
Oh, I get it. Just thought that was a funny way to word it.
Yeah, maybe the writer was trying to be funny lol
They have to keep running the CDMA network at least until there are no more CDMA phones in circulation.
Google Fi runs on both Sprint and T-Mobile now, and it can handle doing hand-off between them depending on your signal strength. The technology has existed for a few years now if they choose to use it.
Most newer phones have hybrid antennas that have both nowadays so that should help.
Not true about iPhone. iPhone 5 didn't have the full frequencies but since 6 on I believe that they fully support all networks. There aren't "Verizon" and "att" iPhone anymore.
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If you watch the CEO announcement video it appears to me that they are moving towards a company that provides at home internet. I love T-Mobile, I hope they can enter the home too.
I never heard of Mint before but I'm going to order their $5 trial off Amazon in a few weeks now. I rarely use more than 2gb a month so going from my $30 T-Mobile plan (100 minutes talk, unlimited text, throttled at 5gb) to $15 a month for unlimited talk & text plus 2gb plan sounds great to me. Thanks!
Had sprint for years a while back, their customer service was such garbage around me. Tmobile has been great even though I'm not happy about my bill. We pay $232 for 4 lines (2 aren't even used) and they told us that dropping the other 2 lines wouldn't help our bill.
My god that's over 2 times what I pay for 3 lines unlimted.
TBF were both financing our phones which counts for like $50 of it, but still.
Well, this is going to be awkward.
Left Sprint to go to T-Mobile. Sprint sent my last bill to collections 2 days after I ported my number. Fuck Sprint. All hail T-Mobile.
Left Sprint to go to T-Mobile. Sprint sent my last bill to collections 2 days after I ported my number. Fuck Sprint. All hail T-Mobile.
How are you even paying $230? I have 5lines with unlimited everything for $130.
Did you buy a bunch of phones?
i thought they had some 2 for $80 thing going on for a bit?
My fams bill was $234 this month with 6 lines+1 tablet line, and i think like 20dollars of that bill comes from financing and we have that $35 discount for being on autopay.
