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Re:States are looking to jam T-Mobile and Sprint’s proposed ... by scarface74 on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @11:06PM (#20161396)
Breaking up the carriers would be worse for consumers. Every carrier now has some semblance of “nationwide” coverage.
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Re:States are looking to jam T-Mobile and Sprint’s proposed ... by iscrewyou on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @11:13PM (#20161443)
Break them up by region? With ability to use each other’s equipment? Idk, I’m shooting in the dark.
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Re:States are looking to jam T-Mobile and Sprint’s proposed ... by scarface74 on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @11:22PM (#20161501)
Yeah I know....

I guess you could enforce roaming agreements like they do in the EU(?) but then you still would have carriers having to negotiate with each other when one carrier has more external roaming traffic with the other - like Internet peering arrangements.

I don’t have a strong emotional opinion either way. Just trying to come up with pros and cons.

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Re:States are looking to jam T-Mobile and Sprint’s proposed ... by notSupplied on Thursday June 13, 2019 @03:14AM (#20172464)
Breakup by region would not increase competition from the perspective of most consumers. They would have the same number of options.
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