If you haven't heard already AT&T is catching a lot of slack over trying to purchase the US Version of T-Mobile. Originally it was just the US Government trying to block the merger, However, now it appears that Sprint is jumping in on the matter by suing AT&T to try to prevent the merger.
I wanted to take this opportunity to get the opinions of people that are living in rural areas. What do you think of this merger? Do you think it will help the spread of faster high speed internet connections? Obviously this is AT&T's argument. They are saying that it would take years to build the infrastructure needed to get make their new 4G service a common utility across the country, whereas a merger with T-Mobile would allow them to achieve these results much quicker.
My opinion, is that rural areas could drastically benefit from this type of merger. In reality 3G is just barely fast enough to get any real work done. My experience has been that 3G service is about the equivalent of a 1mb DSL line. Though, 3G, has only been widely available in many rural areas in the last year. In fact, many rural areas, still cannot get 3G service. I believe that 4G service will be the first wireless internet to actually provide connectivity at fast enough speeds to be able to use the full advantage of the web.
What do you think? Are you for or against the merger?
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