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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 21 2010, 03:18 PM (255 Views) | |
| George K | Jul 21 2010, 03:18 PM Post #1 |
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Finally
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"T-Mobile" that is. iPhone Is Coming To T-Mobile USA In Q3
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| George K | Jul 21 2010, 03:19 PM Post #2 |
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Finally
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| KlavierBauer | Jul 21 2010, 03:24 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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We'll see - nobody even knows for sure how long the exclusivity lasts between ATT and Apple. All we know is a) the original agreement, and b) that the original agreement has been changed to some degree (to what degree we have no idea). So really any end date between ATT and Apple is pure speculation. Not to mention, there are actually Verizon towers being housed on the Apple campus for testing purposes - so I'd say they're pretty far into that R&D already. I don't think TMobile's network can handle the increased traffic the iPhone would bring either. It will certainly be interesting to see what comes of this though. |
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"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper "He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple | |
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| Mikhailoh | Jul 21 2010, 03:53 PM Post #4 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Damn, George. You're a good man. I've had T-Mobile for a couple years and liked them better than any other company I've used. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| 1hp | Jul 21 2010, 08:26 PM Post #5 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Well you won't if they add the iPhone. As someone already pointed out, it will overwhelm their network. AT&T has pumped billions into upgrading their network for data and there are still complaints. |
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| 1hp | Jul 21 2010, 08:27 PM Post #6 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Wired magazine - How the Iphone Blew Up The Wireless Industry |
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| jon-nyc | Jul 21 2010, 11:47 PM Post #7 |
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Cheers
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I was a t-mobile customer for years, from the time they bought voicestream. Voicestream built the first GSM network in the US so if you traveled a lot internationally they were the ones to use. |
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| jon-nyc | Jul 22 2010, 12:01 AM Post #8 |
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Cheers
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Good for Apple, they needed to be blown up. Interesting article. |
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| Mikhailoh | Jul 22 2010, 03:47 AM Post #9 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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I don't think it will be exclusive like AT&T, and I have no problems with my Blackberry on teh network. |
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| Phlebas | Jul 22 2010, 03:49 AM Post #10 |
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Bull-Carp
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I had T-Mobile for a few years. Switched to Verizon because I kept getting dropped calls, and bad reception. I expect they've improved. |
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Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D | |
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| apple | Jul 22 2010, 03:55 AM Post #11 |
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one of the angels
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i like T mobile.. excellent customer service. |
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| Jolly | Jul 22 2010, 06:00 AM Post #12 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Yes sir, wouldn't mind punching her numbers until I got the right ring tone... |
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| KlavierBauer | Jul 22 2010, 07:26 AM Post #13 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Mik: The issue isn't the phone - ATT had plenty of viable smartphones when they introduced the iPhone. The issue is that the iPhone will sell SO MANY new subscribers, that the network will simply be overrun with new users. The towers won't support the traffic, and so everyone will get less badwidth (less coverage). We left ATT over this issue. If the iPhone is available on TMobile's network tomorrow, they will instantly have a huge jump in volume, and will need to deploy new towers to handle the extra traffic. Imagine the highway system in a third world country that suddenly gets an economic boom and everyone begins purchasing cars.
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"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper "He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple | |
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| musicasacra | Jul 22 2010, 12:39 PM Post #14 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Hmm, maybe. IT had T-Mobile until we moved to this house, it's in a T-Mobile dead zone. T-Mobile tried to get us to stay with them, claiming they're adding more towers all the time. We switched to AT&T. Five years later the cable guy came over to install some cable cards. He tried to activate them with his cell phone but said he couldn't get a signal at all. "T-Mobile?" I asked. "Yes! How did you know?" |
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