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Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 17:25:34 +0000
From: Bill Horne <malassimQRMilation@gmail.com>
Subject: What T-Mobile's acquisition of Mint Mobile means for
competition in the industry
By Ayesha Rascoe
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Antonios Drossos, of mobile data
strategy firm Rewheel, about T-Mobile's acquisition of Mint Mobile and
competition in the mobile service industry.
Copyright 2023 NPR
Ayesha Rascoe
Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently
covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House
coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips,
including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim
Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in
Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also
a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2023-03-19/what-t-mobiles-acquisition-of-mint-mobile-means-for-competition-in-the-industry
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Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 00:56:13 +0000
From: Bill Horne <malassimQRMilation@gmail.com>
Subject: T-Mobile’s move for Mint reignites debate over MVNOs
By Monica Alleven
T-Mobile’s move to buy Mint Mobile and its affiliated brands Ultra
Mobile and Plum is raising questions yet again about the competitive
role Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) play in the U.S. market.
Most industry insiders would probably agree they play a critical role,
but the government’s taken a kind of Jekyll and Hyde stance.
https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/t-mobiles-move-mint-reignites-debate-over-role-mvnos
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Date: 18 Mar 2023 16:28:35 -0400
From: "Michael Trew" <michael.trew@att.net>
Subject: Re: T-Mobile buys Mint Mobile for $1.5 Billion
On 3/16/2023 8:17, Bill Horne wrote:
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Moderator's Note
Some readers will remember that I publicized my disappointment
with the way Verizon issued it's "Not quite 4G" decision and
forced my wife to buy a new phone. She chose Consumer Cellular,
but I had already abandoned Verizon in favor of - you guessded
it - Mint Mobile. I've been happy with their service, but
now I'm wondering it the next big Orgy-of-Obfuscation will
leave me without any choice but to pony up for the full-price
offers.
Bill Horne | I would suggest that you try CC with your wife. They offer a discount
if you have two lines with them on the same bill. I had CC at one
point, with two other family members on the plan. You can port your
same phone number over to them. CC works off of either AT&T or T-Mobile
network.
The only reason I switched from CC, was because it cost me about $20/mo
for their basic plan, and I found a T-Mobile plan that only bills me 10
cents/minute, and nothing more. I primarily use my land line, so this
worked out to a cell bill that costs me under $5/mo, on average.
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