AT&T to Sprint: We Want to See Your Competitive Plans
What I don't get is...
Honestly, the merger going through would be a HUGE benefit to Sprint if everything they are saying is true.
I mean, unless AT&T can use the merger to create efficiencies and lower costs. Then Sprint would be out of luck with fewer people jumping ship.
The real questions are:
How is this deal bad for "the consumer?"
Less choice? Sure, but now AT&T and T-Mobile customers have a low cost carrier to jump ship to... Sprint.
Higher bills? Sure, but now AT&T and T-Mobile customers have a low cost carrier to jump ship to... Sprint.
Less handset choices? Uh... has anyone noticed they all carry the same phones with different names now anyway???? Sprint has almost all the same phones as everyone else.
If the merger goes throug...
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I mean, unless AT&T can use the merger to create efficiencies and lower costs. Then Sprint would be out of luck with fewer people jumping ship.
The real questions are:
How is this deal bad for "the consumer?"
Less choice? Sure, but now AT&T and T-Mobile customers have a low cost carrier to jump ship to... Sprint.
Higher bills? Sure, but now AT&T and T-Mobile customers have a low cost carrier to jump ship to... Sprint.
Less handset choices? Uh... has anyone noticed they all carry the same phones with different names now anyway???? Sprint has almost all the same phones as everyone else.
If the merger goes throug...
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Bad for the consumer when AT&T becomes the new monopoly. They use their sheer user base and money to not only buy exclusive rights - but devices as well.
They will by FAR, have the largest influence among the cell phone manufacturers.
They wil...
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They will by FAR, have the largest influence among the cell phone manufacturers.
They wil...
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As for me, I am less concerned about a potentiaql corporate monopoly than I am about a government monopoly.
The history of business shows that becoming a monopoly is in the long run harmful to a company because it limits their ability to adapt a...
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The history of business shows that becoming a monopoly is in the long run harmful to a company because it limits their ability to adapt a...
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Sprint's problem will be that AT&T will have enough momentum to swing exclusive deals with a huge marketing push, whereas Sprint will be left to fight for the scraps.
A good example is the DROID and Blackberry Storm. Both were mediocre devices, bu...
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A good example is the DROID and Blackberry Storm. Both were mediocre devices, bu...
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