Couple of things: - Assignment of contract. I'm not a lawyer, but I do work a lot with contract. I'll bet you money that there is an automatic assignment clause that you agreed to as part of TMO-US's general Terms of Service. This means that, in case of a change of control for TMO-US (read: acquisition), your contract would automatically be assigned to the new company. That way, TMO (or AT&T) wouldn't break your contract! Another way around could be to leave TMO-US as a subsidiary of the acquiring company in control. This wouldn't stop them from changing their marketing name to AT&T! Remember that AT&T itself is nothing more than an acquisition of the "old" AT&T by Southwestern Bell (SBC), and subsequently has gobbled up a bunch of other US carriers. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T
- I think for most customers, the loyalty to their carrier is dictated by price, network coverage & speed, device offer, and customer service (in random order). There is little difference in roaming offering between the several carriers (yes, you need a roaming-enabled multi-band/mode device if you are with Verizon or Sprint). My AT&T iPhone works everywhere where my TMO MyTouch 4G Slide works. Ramon On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Joseph Singer <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > No, it's GSM that she cares about. GSM in the US is on a totally different > frequency than it is in Europe. > > > On Feb 25, 2012, at 09:51, Trevor Holyoak wrote: > > > So it's the band being used that you care about, rather than the actual > > carrier. > > > > - Trevor > > > > On 2/25/2012 10:33 AM, Jan Stanger wrote: > >> I care about that very much. I am a German living in the U.S. and travel > >> there a lot. Perhaps I'm unlike the average user in that regard, but > >> international roaming was the main reason I joined a carrier that was > using > >> GSM at the time here in NYC. Originally OmniPoint, then VoiceStream, now > >> T-Mobile. Never switched carriers since I moved here from Germany. But > they > >> switched names on me. > >> > >> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Trevor Holyoak<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> ** > >>> > >>> > >>> I don't care about international recognition and I've never been to > >>> Europe. My guess is that most US T-Mobile users would say the same. > >>> > >>> - Trevor > >>> > >>> > >> > >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------ > >> > >> - - > >> T-Mobile-US on Google Groups: > >> http://groups.google.com/group/T-Mobile-US > >> _ _ > >> > >> Yahoo! Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > LDSBid - the place for Mormon auctions > > http://www.ldsbid.com > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > - - > > T-Mobile-US on Google Groups: > > http://groups.google.com/group/T-Mobile-US > > _ _ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Joseph Singer, Seattle, Washington USA > mailto:[email protected] > http://babble.ly/TV70 [mobile] +1 503 961 0349 [Télécopieur] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ - - T-Mobile-US on Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/T-Mobile-US _ _ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
