I don't remember Sprint and TMO trying to merge back then. ATT and TMO certainly did. And yes it worked out gangbusters for them because it wasn't -just- the m

I don't remember Sprint and TMO trying to merge back then. ATT and TMO certainly did. And yes it worked out gangbusters for them because it wasn't -just- the money for the deal falling through, but the 'free roaming' that TMO users got on ATT networks. This was HUGE for TMO at the time. They didn't have any lower band spectrum (Sub 1000mhz). But ATT obviously did because they were earlier into the game. This helped them a lot, both as far as general coverage as well as usability in areas with lots of buildings and the like. By the time the agreement was running out they had purchased that sweet sweet 700mhz band and were rolling it out.