T-mo with sprint? Let’s just hope sprint’s customer service doesn’t spread to the T side, they are the worst. I droped nextel because their merger. Nextel’s customer service when to shit when that happend.

Less competition in the US cell phone carrier market … never a good thing. When they already act in a rather monopolistic fashion requiring long 2-year contracts with penalties, tying phones to carriers, and so on.

I have traveled in countries where you just go buy a cell phone. And I have been to a “phone mall”, where there are hundreds of vendors selling literally thousands of phones, both new and used. Talk about competition! So you buy your phone. Then you get a phone number and buy minutes from one of the competing carriers, and you can stick the sim card in ANY, and I mean ANY phone. The carriers are just dumb pipes — they don’t sell phones.

I was with a friend overseas, he got a call, and his battery went dead, so he quick took his brother’s phone, took his sim card out of his dead phone, and put his sim card in his brother’s phone, and when the party called back, he spoke to them on his brother’s phone. Simple. And the minutes don’t “expire” if you don’t use them soon enough, like on the pre-paid plans here.

We need more competition, not less. I am against this proposed takeover and merger. I would rather see Sprint figure out how to survive on their own.

Even with a purchase, by the time the companies are integrated, the Hero will be outdated.

I don’t think the “Less competition” thing is going through anyones head. I think people are too busy thinking about the HTC Hero being available on T-Mo or 3G every where, 4G comming.

Like the article stats it will only be a bid… not a purchace.

Well put… However, seeing where the mobile market has been going the past few years, I believe rates and devices will be going nowhere but down. Personally, I don’t plan on leaving T-Mobile anytime soon.

How incredibly shortsighted almost all comments have been so far. Does anyone really think that less competition is needed in the US mobile market?

I know this is extremely selfish of me, but when I saw the title I immediately though; YES I CAN GET THE MOTOROLA SHOLES!

I’m sure a lot of us had the same thinking.

If T-Mo does end up buying Sprint, I sure hope they don’t kill Sprint’s new “Unlimited Data with Any Mobile Any Time” plan. That’s the best deal at the best price anywhere so far. The features and services Sprint offers are far better than T-Mo’s too.

Awesome, I left Sprint for T-Mobile years ago because of their horrible customer service. I knew they wouldn’t be able to last. Who knew that my carrier would be part of a “Hostel Takeover” to acquire them. Ha ha on you Sprint! You suck!

Look at what Android has done… Maybe this is why T-Mo said they aren’t getting the hero cause they were planing to aquire them … OR! the realized they messed up by not getting the Hero and are trying to keep their buisness, lol