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Noreen Seebacher
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Re: The real problem
Noreen Seebacher   12/21/2011 8:17:15 AM
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Excellent points. This diversion gave Verizon a perfect opportunity to really forge ahead with its own agenda.

tokyogai
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The real problem
tokyogai   12/21/2011 8:07:14 AM
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Although spetrum is an issue for AT&T, I think the real problems are:

1. they lost a lot of time focusing on this deal while Verizon built its LTE network.

2. They have to pay $3B that could have gone to the LTE rollout

This is what will cause the most long term problems for AT&T. I have doubts that they will ever overcome these problems in a way that holds their market position.

Noreen Seebacher
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Re: Data plans
Noreen Seebacher   12/21/2011 7:47:16 AM
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No, not unless you had an unlimited plan before it stopped offering them earlier this year. The cost now ranges from $30 a month for 2GB to $100 for 12GB

Drivewaygirl
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Data plans
Drivewaygirl   12/21/2011 7:41:54 AM
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Is Verizon still offering unlimited data plans?

Noreen Seebacher
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Re: Rates
Noreen Seebacher   12/21/2011 7:31:13 AM
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Exactly -- and most of us who have been burned even once have boosted our monthly allotment of minutes up to prevent it ever happening again. Of course, that means we now pay for more minutes than we're ever likely to use...

TelecomFreq
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Re: Rates
TelecomFreq   12/21/2011 2:02:43 AM
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Phil,

That is easy... because they can get away with it.....

philtheinvestor
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Re: Rates
philtheinvestor   12/21/2011 12:58:17 AM
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I hope NONE. I just found out the hard way that Sprint charges $0.45 per minute if you surpass overage limits. REALLY??? Why?

Jacob
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Re: Rates
Jacob   12/21/2011 12:28:14 AM
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1 saves
Scott, I think these collapse and its consequences have only shorter impacts. These two are well established service providers and had their own identity in market. The only thing is they had freeze their own expansion plans for a while for post merge expansion. I think they are capable to come out from such delima at the earliest for a better future expansion and growth.

Scott Raynovich
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Re: Rates
Scott Raynovich   12/20/2011 11:11:53 PM
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Oh, I think they have a while, there is not disaster looming right away. But they have the sort out the spectrum situation somehow. Part of it is coming through a partnership with T-Mobile but they need more of their own spectrum.

Broadway
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Re: Rates
Broadway   12/20/2011 10:57:18 PM
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Scott, when you say that ATT's stock could be in jeapordy in the "long term" because of the collapse of this deal, when does that risk outweigh the fat dividend that ATT pays? A year or two if they don't figure out another way to solve their problems?

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