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T-Mobile buys Mint Mobile for $1.5 Billion [telecom]

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From: malQRMas...@gmail.com (Bill Horne)
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Subject: T-Mobile buys Mint Mobile for $1.5 Billion [telecom]
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 12:17:45 +0000
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by: Bill Horne - Thu, 16 Mar 2023 12:17 UTC

By Joe Hernandez

The telecommunications giant T-Mobile announced it's buying the budget
cell service provider Mint Mobile — best known for its ads with actor
and part-owner Ryan Reynolds. The cash-and-stock deal, which includes
two other brands, is worth $1.35 billion.

T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert said Wednesday that the company would use
its size and resources to "supercharge" Mint, which uses T-Mobile's
wireless network and offers plans for as little as $15 per month.

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/15/1163743380/t-mobile-buys-mint-mobile-ryan-reynolds

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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
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by: Michael Trew - Sat, 18 Mar 2023 20:28 UTC

On 3/16/2023 8:17, Bill Horne wrote:
> By Joe Hernandez
>
> The telecommunications giant T-Mobile announced it's buying the budget
> cell service provider Mint Mobile — best known for its ads with actor
> and part-owner Ryan Reynolds. The cash-and-stock deal, which includes
> two other brands, is worth $1.35 billion.

> * 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.

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.

"When in doubt, print 'em out." -- Karl's Programming Proverb 0x7

computers / comp.dcom.telecom / T-Mobile buys Mint Mobile for $1.5 Billion [telecom]

Subject	Author
T-Mobile buys Mint Mobile for $1.5 Billion [telecom]	Bill Horne
Re: T-Mobile buys Mint Mobile for $1.5 Billion [telecom]	Michael Trew