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T-Mobile/Metro Talks

Here's a good article about the merger and explains quite a bit about both the reasoning and technical reasons why the merge would be good.
T-Mobile and MetroPCS: A match in LTE heaven | ExtremeTech

3 main things to note that this article points out.
#1 MetroPCS hasn't been investing in their CDMA network and was going to shut it down regardless. So all you whiners about the CDMA network, it was going to happen no matter what, end of story.
#2 Why Metro sucks at getting any decent phones, and its not just because Metro is a small prepaid company. Its because CDMA 2000 on AWS is only used by us and Cricket which is just 16 million subscribers combined. Now instead with T-Mobile we'll be 43 Million subscribers which means a chance for the best devices right away.
#3 T-Mobile USA is not a publically traded company. Its a subsidary of a foreign publically traded company. By doing this reverse takeover the new T-Mobile will be able to become a domestically publically traded company which will allow them to access the same cash generation schemes as ATT, Verizon, and Sprint.

Also what's been discussed is because Metro and Cricket are the only 2 that use that same spectrum there's a very good chance the new company could acquire Cricket as well. Cricket will be in an especially bad spot because they're probably going to lose their MVNO relationship with Sprint since they defaulted on their last payment.
 
Also for those saying, "Oh Metro was doing so well on its own and we got this mainstream phone coming."

Metro was not doing well, it was doing ok, but it was never going to be able to really expand or consistently get mainstream phones because the revenue stream isn't there for one and the ability to acquire enough capital to really make any significant progress is just not there.
As for getting the Samsung GS3 this is more likely then not less a move on Metro's part and more likely because of Samsung as Samsung wants this phone to be available to EVERYONE so not only can they try and beat the iPhones, but also so they can use for their own advertising purposes that EVERYONE can get their flagship phone even the relatively small prepaid customers.

Lets be brutally honest with ourselves this is no ability for Metro or any of these other small providers to be anything more then local providers when you're having to compete against essentially monopoly companies like ATT and Verizon. A buyout/merger was inevitable because you just have to in this environment if you want to actually grow your cell company and actually become a competitor.

I don't believe T-Mobile will get rid of the prepaid options or quite frankly the unlimited everything plans. They already offer the same things themselves! We might have to pay more, but as I've stated previously and elsewhere I'd much rather a national network with faster speeds and having to pay an extra 15 or 20 bucks a month not to mention being able to get the mainstream phones consistently.
Also T-Mobile can't compete in the contract market, they know this, they're still going to try and they'll still keep having contract customers just because people want those subsidized phones, but where they can really get their revenue stream going is in the prepaid market where Verizon and ATT are sorely lacking so even if Metro goes away, prepaid is certainly not.
 
as far as fulfilling a prepaid nitch metro was just fine on their own and only getting better. they didnt need a merger to survive or continue to hold their place in the market.

now, if their ultimate goal is to be able to compete with verizon and ATT then yeah, obviously they were gonna need some help(more like A LOT of help) as they are nowhere near being in the same league as those two companies. totally different weight classes.
 
Probably not right away as I may be moving and if so its unlikely I'll end up in an area Metro covers, so I would just go with a T-Mobile one as all the potential places I may be moving to have T-Mobile coverage, but only 1 or 2 have Metro coverage.

If however I was staying where I am and financial consideration aside I would absolutely buy an S3 from Metro on day one.
 
THE W said:
as far as fulfilling a prepaid nitch metro was just fine on their own and only getting better. they didnt need a merger to survive or continue to hold their place in the market.

now, if their ultimate goal is to be able to compete with verizon and ATT then yeah, obviously they were gonna need some help(more like A LOT of help) as they are nowhere near being in the same league as those two companies. totally different weight classes.
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True they were a dominant player in the prepaid market, however that hold on the prepaid market was tenuous at best and could have easily been destroyed by one of the big boys making a serious move into the prepaid market.
While price is a significant factor in the prepaid market so is coverage and phones and those areas Metro just can't compete with any of the big companies if said companies chose to actually go after the prepaid market.
 
How can I stop getting e-mail alerts for this thread? My thread got merged with it and now I'm getting spammed emails. Any suggestions?
 
Erick2012 said:
How can I stop getting e-mail alerts for this thread? My thread got merged with it and now I'm getting spammed emails. Any suggestions?
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Check to see if your subscribed to it or Favorited it. I cut off emails for everything. That would be insanely annoying.
 
Fuzzy13 said:
Was that the point of the merge :confused:

Regardless, where I live I get 1.3-3Mbps with Metro and 7-10Mbps with TMob. Network is good for me :D
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I get 5-6mbps on metropcs but the networks need to be good for everyone, not just people here and there. Consistent speeds across the board.

Tmobile has a good selection of phones but people down them for not having the iphone.
 
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