T-Mobile Buys UScellular For $4.4 Billion - 5G Home Internet Coming to More Areas?

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T-Mobile Buys UScellular For $4.4 Billion - 5G Home Internet Coming to More Areas?
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@CordCuttersNews Ай бұрын

Clarification: This deal gave T-Mobile master rights to 2,000 towers not ownership. You can learn more about this story here: cordcuttersnews.com/t-mobile-buys-uscellular-for-4-4-billion/

@jimdrake637 Ай бұрын

I have T mobile internet. Was working great with +16 speeds. A problem with a tower 2 weeks ago and now lucky to have 2 to 6 speeds.

@mikeodriscoll982 Ай бұрын

I was a sprint customer I til the T-Mobile merger. And it was a very smooth transition. I signed up for t-mobile home internet and dumped cox and it’s been great ( a communication tower is above my apartment complex). I live in Nebraska and us cellular is a big player for rural Nebraska. I’m excited for the expanded coverage.

@STB-jh7od Ай бұрын

As a T-Mobile customer, I'm happy for any additional towers offering me more coverage, although I've had no issues since switching to them.

@deanb3800 Ай бұрын

I have Verizon 5G Home Internet already with a 10 year price guarantee and LOVE IT. The exact opposite of Spectrum. I don't miss having to call them every year to renegotiate the price of my internet. That was a bunch of BS.

@robiieray 28 күн бұрын

Nice bro I have Verizon too home and cell awesome

@JoelHacker Ай бұрын

As a T-Mobile and former USCC customer, I am looking forward to this! T-Mobile struggles with coverage in the rural areas around me. I believe USCC has better coverage in those rural areas. TMO will hopefully take those towers and enhance their signal.

@testosteroneinc.3800 Ай бұрын

Especially with Oregon and Idaho!

@MickF04 Ай бұрын

For several years, Google Fi wireless piggybacked off of the cell towers for T-Mobile and US Cellular. At some point, Google Fi dropped US Cellular towers for coverage. Looks like it will be coming full circle for Google Fi users.

@crosslink1493 Ай бұрын

I didn't know US Cellular was still around. I'm in the Los Angeles area and they were a cell site builder and cell phone service provider, but they disappeared here many years ago (maybe two decades ago?). Yeah, the transition won't be quick. When T-Mobile bought Sprint the deal closed in 2018 but the 5G phone and 5G wireless service upgrades didn't happen in my area until late-2022.

@unknownwolf8555 Ай бұрын

Me and my family have UScellular phone service and i have Tmobile 5G home internet gateway G4AR i hope speed on Tmobile 5G get better in my area Oklahoma

@valmarie5858 Ай бұрын

I have been a US Cellular customer for 21 years! I've never had any issues with my service. I'm not sure how I feel about this!

@mariannejennisch9293 Ай бұрын

I had Mobil for t for awhile it was not great service at all. So will see what it looks like.

@LoveDemi.XO_ Ай бұрын

I worked for them for 16 years. … they had lots of coverage issues. Received so many complaints within past 6 years and kept getting worse and people switching to other carriers bec of it. I’m not surprised to see this. Thought it would have happened a long time ago.

@unknownwolf8555 Ай бұрын

UScellular did Struggle i left there home internet went to Tmobile home internet they wasnt happy about it @LoveDemi.XO_

@dandippel6087 Ай бұрын

T-Mobile customer service sucks…

@patriciajohnson5051 Ай бұрын

Yes we have US Cellular too. Never had a problem. So I guess we will see

@CommodoreFan64 Ай бұрын

This will be good for more people to get better options for internet access, and for people who travel to get better cell phone coverage, in my eyes right now T-Mobile seems to be doing the to innovate of any cell provider in North America period, and I've been really happy with their Home internet service getting well over the average speeds up, and down, with idle pings better then the business internet at my work for a lot less money.

@angelaparente4470 Ай бұрын

Internet television is better than cable

@CommodoreFan64 Ай бұрын

Unless you have bad Internet in your area, then agree 100%, and OTA Antenna TV is still good for a few stations like MeTV, the upcoming MeTV Toons, and Sinclair owned Comet which shows some good SciFi.

@angelaparente4470 Ай бұрын

But why do we still need cable if we have streaming?@@CommodoreFan64

@daltonmorel4705 Ай бұрын

I wish Dish Wireless and US Cellular would merge. That way we would have a Big 4 again. Dish needs all the help it can get. I love T-Mobile but the rate it is expanding is just gonna lead to major price hikes.

@OG_HakunaMatata 29 күн бұрын

If I want their second best plan and promos my bill would go up $60.

@TonyLambshanks 27 күн бұрын

Dish is going Bankrupt.

@timpowell4212 26 күн бұрын

That could never happen. Because both dish and us wireless have lot of dept and couldn't afford it dish can't afford to buy 800mhz spectrum from tmobile in meger deal tmobile has moeny and not a lot dept they make lots of money

@cvdixon29 Ай бұрын

I love my service with T-Mobile. I have service everywhere I go in rural areas and in urban areas however the other day I was in downtown of a large city and my bars went from full to just 1 and temporarily I lost signal for a few seconds. It slowed down my gps and I almost missed an exit before gps caught up. That’s the only time I have lost service.

@richarderickson5965 Ай бұрын

That's good for my area because there is only 1 tower that is T-Mobile & it is 8-9 miles from my home & US Cellular has 1 that is 1 Mike from me. US Cellular has like 8 towers that I know of in my area & I'm talking about farm country. It's going to make a big Improvement in phone and Home Internet performance.

@johncosgrove2738 Ай бұрын

I have T internet now and my coverage on the N71 band has disappeared. That's the 5G rural band as you probably know. When I asked T about this, they told me I never had 5G coverage. I explained that I have been using N71 for about 2 years and now all 5G metrics are gone from my router. They replied, "You never had it". Meanwhile my T cellular service is gettin worse. Coverage ares I used to have great service in are now marginal. I Hope the Purchase of US Cellular will help us in near urban areas.

@unknownwolf8555 Ай бұрын

I have Tmobile 5G home internet N41 goes to N71 sometimes certain days i have UScellular phone service Im in Urban area Oklahoma 1 UScellular store

@dandippel6087 Ай бұрын

I am a current US Cellular customer. Unfortunately none of the other major cell service providers work well where I live. Had a bad experience with T-Mobile so may have to look at using Walmart’s Straight Talk or something like that to avoid dealing with T-Mobile again.

@AAa-qd8hb Ай бұрын

No roaming support? Will US Cellular lose cellphone coverage in different areas of the USA market where T-Mobile does not support?

@Flexin010 Ай бұрын

Did i hear tmobile is increasing prices 5 bucks per line on legacy plans?

@kazi1 Ай бұрын

Damn

@morganmorales610 Ай бұрын

If you're looking for a cheaper phone that's not really cheap I'm paying $60 a month go to Metro PCS or go to the other phone company I forgot what it's called it's kind of off brand of AT&T

@philliprhinehardt6268 Ай бұрын

T-Mobile is making major moves.

@shanedewey8785 Ай бұрын

I’m confused now, I thought Verizon bought out us cellular years ago, because I was a us costumer 20 years ago and Verizon took them over, because I still have a us cellular perfix, but I’m a Verizon customer.

@crosslink1493 Ай бұрын

I think Verizon bought them out is some areas, like where I live in the Los Angeles area where it's a really competitive market. Then verizon sold the landline business to Frontier to concentrate on cell phones/wireless services.

@TonyLambshanks 27 күн бұрын

@@crosslink1493 Partnership. 95/5 Verizon/US Cellular. Buy the parent common stsock TDS.

@davidsradioroom9678 Ай бұрын

An interesting situation.

@MRJAY1290 Ай бұрын

T-Mobile Home Internet Is Amazing. Unfortunately The Soft Data Caps And Back End QCI 8 and QCI 9 Is Not A Good Experience From Home Internet From A ISP. Coverage/Signal/Distance And After 1 Mile It Can Go Out The Window. Plus T-Mobile Is Not Good at Fixing Poor Coverage Within That First Mile When Their Is A Issue With Coverage. No Carrier Resolves Coverage Issue LOL. Trust Me I Have Tryed With No Luck

@jackphillips3512 Ай бұрын

Excited? Not really. US Cellular coverage is no better than T-Mobile in my area. Plus, I think you have downplayed the regulatory hurdles this purchase involves. US Cellular is one of the last large regional carriers out there. I don't think the FTC (as well as the FCC issues) is going to rush to approve it. The current FTC is more aggressive in pursuing anti-trust cases and I expect approval, if forthcoming, will be very slow depending on the outcome of the election. Personally, I am not in favor of yet another merger. I don't think it will be good for most consumers and as we saw with the Sprint - T-mobile merger a few years ago, it actually resulted in lower quality service for many.

@susieserb6068 Ай бұрын

I want this to pan out as in NOT happening.

@OG_HakunaMatata 29 күн бұрын

As a current sprint/tmobile customer tmobile sucks in most rural areas. When my gf had att she had better signal while I didnt. I wanted to switch over to us cellular because of their unlimited better deal but since they got bought out then i guess might just stay with tmobile.

@dorriangrimes Ай бұрын

Man, I remember CordCutters about 5 years ago before they started standing in front of the TV, and it was all about undercover channels and apps. But, I've slowly seen the channel turn into CNN, Look just keep it like you've done it from the gate. 😂

@susieserb6068 Ай бұрын

Un happy TBH. Loved U.S. Cellular.

@Messy_Marv Ай бұрын

I have US Cellular and I’m so happy that T-Mobile is buying them.

@jesseross4128 17 күн бұрын

Worst idea! T mobile has horrible customer service!!! What a joke. Im leaving U.S.Cellular!!!

@mathewcat86 8 күн бұрын

I had a great experiance with USCC and I have a feeling that they won't be around it will all be of shore

@jeffsmith-ze6wb Ай бұрын

Hopefully the government will stop this and not let it go through!!

@michaelcrippen3733 Ай бұрын

I have T-Mobile, 5g home internet dervice

@ccateni28 Ай бұрын

Why do I have a feeling T Mobile is going to collapse with buying so many carriers?

@kenyattaclay7666 Ай бұрын

Who are the so many??? This is only the second carrier that they bought and the sold off Boost mobile and that transaction happened 6 years ago so it's not like they have been on this spending spree. They have owned Metro for a LONG time now so this would only be their second subcompany (at least here in the United States). They also make a ton of money from MVNOs and are rapidly expanding their 5G home internet. Lastly, you do realize that T-Mobile is one of if not the largest cellphone carrier in the world right. It's called T-Mobile here in the US but everywhere else it's called TD-1. T-Mobile is a German company and when I lived their they were the #1 carrier in Western Europe. They aren't going anywhere anytime soon.

@bluenels7785 Ай бұрын

Because tmo are gre*dy hogs ,how is all this buying not a monopoly? Crooked FCC!!!!!

@angelaparente4470 Ай бұрын

I can not or will not allow cable to still exist if we have internet televison

@Every-picture-tells-a-story Ай бұрын

T Mobile is Getting to Big. It’s a monopoly

@6RXZKTWXRK427 Ай бұрын

T-Mobile bought Sprint less than 10 years ago so this should absolutely be blocked.

@DeUndefined1 Ай бұрын

US Cellular at this point is in bankruptcy. So let's think about it what happened in the last decade for T-mobile. T-mobile bought Metro but sold Walmart Family Mobile and GoSmart to Tracfone. Sprint bought Clearwire but closed down Virgin Mobile USA before T-mobile's takeover. Which led to Boost being sold to Dish as a requirement. Also, as a requirement from Sprint, they have to provide affordable, broadband internet services, which led to the creation of their Cellular based home internet service. T-mobile needed something to replace the brands that were sold off. Mint and Ultra were the perfect choice. Plum is something for businesses. So I think for now, T-mobile should sell their 600mhz first before they can proceed to buy US Cellular.

@angelaparente4470 Ай бұрын

But cable needs to die first before we can use internet television