Help Out BluetoOrange22 In His Job Hunt !!
Everyone knows BlueToOrange22 from his many "Cingular will buy out T-Mobile" posts. But didja know the bro is also looking to bail on Cingular and maybe work at Verizon?:
https://www.phonescoop.com/carriers/forum.php?fm=m&f ... »
https://www.phonescoop.com/carriers/forum.php?fm=m&f ... »
So help the bro out and tell him what T-Mobile reps make, since he is looking, apparently. 🙂
https://www.phonescoop.com/carriers/forum.php?fm=m&f ... »
https://www.phonescoop.com/carriers/forum.php?fm=m&f ... »
So help the bro out and tell him what T-Mobile reps make, since he is looking, apparently. 🙂
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Bluet0Orange22 could go to T-Mobile. Unfortunaltey he believes that Cingular is going to buy them out. But if he went to Verizon he would not have to worry about being bought by Cingular for at least 5 years. Why don't he just stick with Cingular since they are going to buy everyone else out?! 🤣
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Ok, you're clowning on the guy. That's funny I guess.
But where does he get the idea that Cingular can just buy anyone it pleases? According to my bud who sells wireless, there's only two GSM national carriers left, and two CDMA ones. And not all of 'em are in every market, I think. So if anyone buys out anyone else who's big, competition starts to go away, and the little guy (us customers) gets hurt. Thats what anti-trust laws are all about stopping, from waht I know.
So why does he think they'd let Cingular gobble up a big company like T-Mobile, assuming they were even for sale? Doesn't make a lotta sense.
But where does he get the idea that Cingular can just buy anyone it pleases? According to my bud who sells wireless, there's only two GSM national carriers left, and two CDMA ones. And not all of 'em are in every market, I think. So if anyone buys out anyone else who's big, competition starts to go away, and the little guy (us customers) gets hurt. Thats what anti-trust laws are all about stopping, from waht I know.
So why does he think they'd let Cingular gobble up a big company like T-Mobile, assuming they were even for sale? Doesn't make a lotta sense.
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Exactly. Both the FTC and the FCC have to approve the sale of any major corporation. They almost didn't approve Cingular's purchase of ATT. I highly doubt they're going to allow any more national carriers to be purchased by another.
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To be honest, it doesn't sound like he really wants to move over to Verizon. It sounds like he wants to show that working for Cingular is more lucrative. But if he really is looking for a job, he might consider trying a new industry he wants to maintain his current level of pay and incentives. Because he makes it sound like he can't keep that same amount of money with Verizon.
As far as his ideas, he was reading the news from a while back that DT was considering selling T-Mobile USA. Most of which was rumor at the time. He neglected to use the other news that stated DT would no longer consider selling and were actually going to invest money in network upgrades.
And in regards to GSM and CDMA, that really doesn't matter in the en...
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As far as his ideas, he was reading the news from a while back that DT was considering selling T-Mobile USA. Most of which was rumor at the time. He neglected to use the other news that stated DT would no longer consider selling and were actually going to invest money in network upgrades.
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Actually I think he's legit in his job hunt. From what I hear, a lot of folks at Cingular are gettin their commissions cut, and are pretty pissed about it. And accordin' to my bud who sells wireless anyway, Verizon pays better than most. So BTO wouldn't gain anythin' by trying to compare pay, 'cept to make Cingular look ghetto.
Thanks for the 411 on why there's not gonna be any more national carriers being bought out for a long time, tho'. 'preciate it.
Thanks for the 411 on why there's not gonna be any more national carriers being bought out for a long time, tho'. 'preciate it.
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No worries. My only advice to BTO is be careful. I know the grass is always greener over the septic tank. I left a good career to work as a contractor to the DoD and now I wish I had stayed with the other career. But if it's what he wants, I wish him all the best.
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Funny you should ask. I was in the Air Force working on space systems operations. I am currently looking at going back to the Air Force because the grass was greener over my septic tank, but the smell is hard to live with. 🤣
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To correct you and nothing personal 😉 😉
AT&T Wireless rolled out GSM over its existing TDMA network in 2003. Both Cingular and AT&T used to be all TDMA networks and both switched to GSM while still maintaining their TDMA networks. Both networks had plans to phase out TDMA phones, and now the TDMA towers are going to be taken down in the next couple of years. When Cingular officially bought AT&T Wireless, they both were primarily marketing all GSM handsets. (Although AT&T Wireless still had at least two TDMA handsets that they were offering, whereas I believe that Cingular still only offered TDMA for prepay customers only)
Because both networks are so similar Cingular was the best company to buy AT&T Wireless.
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AT&T Wireless rolled out GSM over its existing TDMA network in 2003. Both Cingular and AT&T used to be all TDMA networks and both switched to GSM while still maintaining their TDMA networks. Both networks had plans to phase out TDMA phones, and now the TDMA towers are going to be taken down in the next couple of years. When Cingular officially bought AT&T Wireless, they both were primarily marketing all GSM handsets. (Although AT&T Wireless still had at least two TDMA handsets that they were offering, whereas I believe that Cingular still only offered TDMA for prepay customers only)
Because both networks are so similar Cingular was the best company to buy AT&T Wireless.
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"AT&T Wireless was officially purchased by Cingular in October 2004 and quickly absorbed. The remaining separate elements within Cingular are referred to as "Cingular Blue". AT&T Wireless was originally spun off from AT&T in mid-2001, and despite the name, operated as a separate company until the Cingular merger. The company has significant analog networks, and digital TDMA networks. They also rolled out a new nationwide GSM/GPRS network over their existing TDMA network. The GSM/GPRS network was upgraded to EDGE in late 2003, providing high-speed data service. The company also deployed WCDMA (UMTS) 3G in six cities."
-Source: phonescoop.com Rich Brome
-Source: phonescoop.com Rich Brome
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Well, if you read it, it's like I figured it was. Yes it had GSM, but saying predominately GSM you can't get from that statement. I do remember when they brought GSM on, it was a choice you could make, GSM or stay TDMA. Many people stayed with the TDMA. In the end, when they were bought out by Cingular, there were still a lot of folks that had stayed or were buying into the TDMA network. So, yes, AT&T was a GSM network in part, but it was still quite a bit of TDMA. No offense taken, just felt like defending my comment.
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