So 23 hours of reality shows then?

Agreed. The title is very misleading and untrue. Even the original article's title is "Gov Haslam Pushes For Internet Sales Tax." Note that nowhere does it say Amazon.

That is a good law, but it's for the UK. The US, at least the school districts I went to, don't have laws like this. The parents aren't informed, and the teachers could care less if you have to walk 10 miles to get home because you missed your bus.

Yeah, but then for some reason, the schools love to give out detention, which doesn't let out until after all the buses have left. And, in this day and age, where both parents usually have to work, then the kid is usually left to find their own ride home.

And they didn't step up to the plate in the end. AT&T did with a great offer. Sprint just got outplayed.

I see your point, and Apple has a monopoly over iOS. Of course, I could buy a Windows or Linux computer.

Is GSM really that important? AT&T quit using the same frequencies after EDGE/2G. So, if you don't mind turtle-like data speeds when using the same phone on the other's network, then it's really a moot point. More than likely, if somebody switches carriers, they're going to get a new phone that works on all of their new carrier's frequencies anyways, whether or not they're GSM or CDMA.

Yes, they were 318,000 in Q4 2010 - before the announcement of the merger.

First, it won't form a monopoly. There will be 2 other major carriers besides AT&T. Second, yes, anybody can argue against the merger, but all it does is put off the inevitable. Hell, I bet in a ways AT&T might even hope it gets blocked. Then, they could just buy the spectrum at firesale prices. But, either way, just the announcement of the merger sealed T-Mobile's fate. At least with the merger, the employees have a chance at a job. If DT piece-meals out the assets, then nobody at T-Mobile will have a job, and there will still just be 3 major carriers.

Where was the love for T-Mobile before the merger or even since? Customers a leaving in droves. They lost 280,000 net subscribers last quarter. I bet most of these people saying that they don't want the merger to go through aren't even T-Mobile customers or never plan to be. It's the economics that are putting T-Mobile out of business. DT is just trying to get out now before the only option they have left is to part it out. So, unless you're a T-Mobile customer, please quit whining against the merger.

You're wrong. If you get an Unlimited Value plan, where you pay for your phone, you only pay $49.99 per month, and that includes unlimited talk and text.

Sounds like he may have worked for T-Mobile, like I have. The incompetence at the VP level and above is amazing. I was actually hoping for the merger to go through so we could get rid of the dead weight in the Marketing and Product Development departments.

But just having this potential merger out there for so long is just killing T-Mobile. They are hemorrhaging customers with this deal hanging over their heads. Nobody wants to join, and current customers are leaving in droves. This merger has killed T-Mobile whether this deal goes through or not.

I hate it when people do this. It messes with the flow of traffic and makes it almost impossible for people trying to pull in from a side street. Just when you think that the cars are going to pass, and you can pull out, they slow down to a crawl, and you never get a chance to pull out because then the next wave of cars are able to catch up.

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