[Macworld]

Post your comments for AT&T to acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 billion here

[John__B]

Catherine Zeta-Jones is gonna need a new gig...

[John__B]

The real question is whether AT&T will be able to actually deploy LTE with the iPhone 5 (***not*** the 3.5G that T-Mobile was laughably calling 4G)...

[VeryOldMacGuy]

There goes my dirt-cheap prepaid account.

[Andr]

Why can't they give that $39 billion to the USA's debt fund instead? …just a thought.

[Mattrk]

VeryOldMacGuy, on 20 March 2011 - 12:12 PM, said:

There goes my dirt-cheap prepaid account.

I thought the same thing. Crud. Guess I'll have to go to Virgin, unless someone can recommend another prepaid.

[Macbacchus]

Mattrk, on 20 March 2011 - 12:20 PM, said:

VeryOldMacGuy, on 20 March 2011 - 12:12 PM, said:

There goes my dirt-cheap prepaid account.

I thought the same thing. Crud. Guess I'll have to go to Virgin, unless someone can recommend another prepaid.

You can try Straighttalk, I used to have them before getting my iPhone with Verizon, the service is awesome, they use the Verizon Network.

[XMattingly]

Great. So my mediocre cell phone company has been bought by an equally (or even worse, depending on who you talk to) cell phone company. And for a meager 39B.

I'm just wondering how long it's going to take for T-Mobile's brand to be completely dissolved, and rates hiked to pay for the acquisition.

[stoneage]

poop! Just when we thought that competition would help the consumer. Hope there's an antitrust suit.

[QCassidy352]

Andr, on 20 March 2011 - 12:14 PM, said:

Why can't they give that $39 billion to the USA's debt fund instead? …just a thought.

Because AT&T is a for-profit business with an obligation to its shareholders, not a charity for bailing out irresponsible legislators.

[Frost7]

QCassidy352, on 20 March 2011 - 01:13 PM, said:

Andr, on 20 March 2011 - 12:14 PM, said:

Why can't they give that $39 billion to the USA's debt fund instead? …just a thought.

Because AT&T is a for-profit business with an obligation to its shareholders, not a charity for bailing out irresponsible legislators.

Amen, brother.

[JeffreyASchmitz]

Frost7, on 20 March 2011 - 01:23 PM, said:

QCassidy352, on 20 March 2011 - 01:13 PM, said:

Andr, on 20 March 2011 - 12:14 PM, said:

Why can't they give that $39 billion to the USA's debt fund instead? …just a thought.

Because AT&T is a for-profit business with an obligation to its shareholders, not a charity for bailing out irresponsible legislators.

Amen, brother.

Amen again!

[BenjaminRoethigst21]

Its going to be very interesting to know what the FCC is going to require for approval. This could get messy with a lot of people left out in the cold when it comes to the iPhone because their territory got divested to a regional carrier,

[michaelbirdtx]

I just got a great visual for a new T-Mobile commercial about the merger featuring the hot girl and the fat guy.