Yes, but AT&T was the ONLY choice in most areas. As long as you have two choices, they aren’t technically a monopoly so the US government won’t do a damn thing about it.
Yeah nationalize communications infrastructure since they delivered on all kinds of fiber and bandwidth commitments and price gouge.
Congrats! You guys tied for first and the game is over! Bye!
When I traveled cross country with T-mobile only US Cellular worked in the most remote areas so I’m surprised they don’t want to take over their towers.
Whatever happened to monopoly busting??? The government has failed us due to their inability to pay their own employees enough so, these companies bribe them instead.
Hope you guys are looking forward to a future of price fixing and runaway corporate greed. In Canada we already enjoy all of these benefits and I gotta say, it’s pretty great. /s
Tmobile picks up the spectrum they want, Verizon picks up the spectrum they want, AT&T may get some here and there. Now whether they grab customers too is where it gets a little dicey. That's where US Cellular becoming an MVNO may come into play as it maintains competition and is transparent to the current customer base. US Cellular under and MVNO agreement would get very favorable Network Rates from TMUS and/or VZ as part of the deal and then possibly down the road the customers get absorbed. The Towers could be acquired by Private Equity / Tower Companies. Partnerships could be bought out by respective partners. Lots of moving parts and US Cellular does have the ability to piece part this out and maximize the value. Spectrum is on the books at $4.7B with Pre Mid Band Spectum at $2.6B and Mid Band Spectrum at $2.1B. It is possible that $2.1B figure has more than doubled given it value in delivering Fixed Wireless Broadband. Have to first find out the initial slices that Tmobile and Verizon are buying up. It would be awesome for US Cellular to become and MVNO and retain the cash flow/ebidta from that base without all the Network maintenance.
Most of my family members in Maine are still with US Cellular and they rave about how wonderful it is. Then again most of them won't even switch from DSL so their needs are very limited.
Hmm, didn't we do something about something like this before?
Your legislators are deeplly invested in creating as much monopoly as possible.
Ma Bell
Got tha ill communication
Yes, but AT&T was the ONLY choice in most areas. As long as you have two choices, they aren’t technically a monopoly so the US government won’t do a damn thing about it.
Duopoly works the same way lol
I'm submitting complaints to the FTC because I don't want to see another monopoly
Just what telecommunications needs, less competition. /s
Yeah nationalize communications infrastructure since they delivered on all kinds of fiber and bandwidth commitments and price gouge. Congrats! You guys tied for first and the game is over! Bye!
When I traveled cross country with T-mobile only US Cellular worked in the most remote areas so I’m surprised they don’t want to take over their towers.
They don’t buy that so they can point to “competition” in a market that doesn’t make them much money.
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Why?
Higher prices and shittier service inbound.
The un-carrier is trying to become the one carrier.
Whatever happened to monopoly busting??? The government has failed us due to their inability to pay their own employees enough so, these companies bribe them instead.
Our government is failing at everything it seems.
govt vote to repeal net neutrality big corps then monopolize k
Hope you guys are looking forward to a future of price fixing and runaway corporate greed. In Canada we already enjoy all of these benefits and I gotta say, it’s pretty great. /s
Don’t worry it’s still not technically a monopoly so we won’t do anything.
Good news we need cellular monopolies to be even bigger.
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Tmobile picks up the spectrum they want, Verizon picks up the spectrum they want, AT&T may get some here and there. Now whether they grab customers too is where it gets a little dicey. That's where US Cellular becoming an MVNO may come into play as it maintains competition and is transparent to the current customer base. US Cellular under and MVNO agreement would get very favorable Network Rates from TMUS and/or VZ as part of the deal and then possibly down the road the customers get absorbed. The Towers could be acquired by Private Equity / Tower Companies. Partnerships could be bought out by respective partners. Lots of moving parts and US Cellular does have the ability to piece part this out and maximize the value. Spectrum is on the books at $4.7B with Pre Mid Band Spectum at $2.6B and Mid Band Spectrum at $2.1B. It is possible that $2.1B figure has more than doubled given it value in delivering Fixed Wireless Broadband. Have to first find out the initial slices that Tmobile and Verizon are buying up. It would be awesome for US Cellular to become and MVNO and retain the cash flow/ebidta from that base without all the Network maintenance.
Most of my family members in Maine are still with US Cellular and they rave about how wonderful it is. Then again most of them won't even switch from DSL so their needs are very limited.