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- 03-21-2011, 10:03 AM
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TMO contracts on ATT
Have the reps been told for sure if ATT will honor TMO grandfathered loyality rate plans post merger?
Will we be forced into a ATT rate plan when our contracts expire?http://twitter.com/WackostuPearl Flip>8520>9300>new 9300(bad trackpad)>9900>iPhone4S +Playbook
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Bass Playing Blackberry/iPhone Addict Club Charter Member - 03-21-2011, 10:17 AM #2
I'm guessing you'll have to sign a new contract before any changes would occur. So as long as you can go without that, you'll get to keep your old plan.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com - 03-21-2011, 10:56 AMThread Author #3
"Customers with AWS handsets will be migrated into newer handsets that run off 850/1900 band to make way for LTE on the AWS bands"
This is from the ATT conference call. So we would have to have a ATT device, meaning a change in our old contract, meaning a new contract = loosing old rate plans.http://twitter.com/WackostuPearl Flip>8520>9300>new 9300(bad trackpad)>9900>iPhone4S +Playbook
"If it works for you, do it. If its how you feel, act it. Just be yourself, and if being yourself means you`re being cocky once in a while, have at it." .....Tony Stewart
You cant hold no groove, if you aint got no pocket!.... Bootsy Collins
Bass Playing Blackberry/iPhone Addict Club Charter Member - 03-21-2011, 11:42 AM #4
It's going to take a long time before this gets finally approved (if it gets approved).
- 03-21-2011, 12:08 PMThread Author #5
12 months is what they are saying.
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Bass Playing Blackberry/iPhone Addict Club Charter Member - 03-21-2011, 05:16 PM #6
No way that it happens that quickly. The Feds move slowly.
Plus after it is approved by the government, it still will take a while to implement all the internal processes within the company needed so that they will be able to determine how to merge the customer information. - 03-21-2011, 06:31 PM #7
and i'm guessing that this won't be the smoothest process on earth and even now all the bugs from both sides aren't worked out.
i'm hoping they run into a speed bump they can't overcome and the whole things just dies. - 03-26-2011, 08:43 PM #8
Even if the regulators approve this in as little as 12 months, it's going to take at least another 6-18 months to close, as well as handle all the divestitures (which will make the ALLTEL/VZW issue look like a picnic). I suspect that you would be able to remain "as-is" as long as you do implement a change that would trigger a new plan. Unfortunately, that could be as simple as adding or removing a feature or upgrading equipment (on contract).
There are certainly some DT investors quietly wishing for the merger to not happen. T-Mobile would get a $3B "break up fee" and a host of roaming agreements with AT&T if it's not approved. That would put T-Mobile's coverage in some parity with everyone else, and with UMA, great customer service to boot...
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