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No. It's a duopoly in the making. Sprint & Verizon are going to have to hook up next.
by AndrewWarner 16y ago
No. It's a duopoly in the making.
Sprint & Verizon are going to have to hook up next.
- cheald 16y agoWho's the other GSM carrier? I'd like to take my bought-and-paid-for Nexus One and switch to them.
- kgermino 16y agoat&t is the other GSM carrier. If your lucky you might live in a place where you can get another regional carrier (U.S. Cellular, Virgin, etc) but odds are you'll still be stuck using at&t towers.
- cheald 16y agoI'm aware of that, which is why I'm asking why it would be a duopoly. at&t will have a monopoly on GSM celluar service, and I'm left without options. They're saying that all T-Mobile 3G devices would need to be replaced as well ( http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9M3LNPO0 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9M3LNPO0 ) which means that my Nexus One is a $550 paperweight, since it won't be useful on any US carrier. I won't even be able to resell it to recoup some of the cost.
- kgermino 16y agoO. Ok sorry about that. The duopoly comment is referring to the US cell phone market as a whole. Andrew was saying that because of the merger he believes Sprint and Verizon will be forced to merge, leaving only Verizon and at&t.