Verizon and AT&T shake hands, agree to stop suing each other
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19. nosense posted on 03 Dec 2009, 14:17 0 0
The only reason why verizon has decided to take down their add is because they have just found out the Apple is testing a cdma Iphone, and they know that after all the stuff they said about th iphone not at&t will hurt their chances of getting the Iphone. Now they are going to start kissing up to Apple so they can have first dibs, They dont care about at&t or their adds. After they were talking crap about the Iphone and from from learning that there is a cdma iphone being tested of course they are going to retract their adds. Its funny how Verizon is acting like the self indulged middle child that has over heard their parents talking about what they will give their best behaved kid for christmas if they behave good.
20. remixfa posted on 03 Dec 2009, 22:00 0 0
u think verizon just "learned" that apple is testing a cdma iphone?!?!? lol. what, were they going to suprize verizon with it for christmas? what an idget.. lol verizon keeps suing ATT for their misleading "fastest this, most reliable that, best coverage" lies. ATT keeps suing .. well.. because VZW keeps making effective adds that point out ATTs weakspots. There has been CDMA iphone rumors in the works for a long time... its not a "suprise to VZW". And they also dont care. if its not on their lineup they will happily go after it until it is.
21. nosense posted on 04 Dec 2009, 09:08 0 0
Rumors are rumors, now that it has become a reality and it is no longer rumor which they knowis true, verizon would bend over backwards to get that phone, Verizon is nothing but a company that will do everything and anything tog et their way. I am not saying they just learned but now that it is getting closer for it to be a reality they are going to try everything to please apple to get the phone.
2. JackFace posted on 02 Dec 2009, 15:25 0 0
That would've been rad if Qualcomm and Nokia could have done this years ago too... Suing battles are always fun.
6. savtonam posted on 02 Dec 2009, 17:15 0 0
Top two companies just stop just like that, I say it was just publicity before the holidays.
8. deschats posted on 02 Dec 2009, 18:58 0 0
at&t is a fat liar. there is no coverage in bozeman montana. im in butte, an hour away. besides the fact that anyone with at&t who goes there has just a piece of metal in their hands, we dont have an at&t in montana. merry christmas :)
13. Hlorri posted on 03 Dec 2009, 02:10 0 0
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't AT&T have roaming agreements with other GSM carriers in that area? E.g. Cellular One? 'Course they also claim international coverage, by virtue of using GSM technology, though that, too, is a truth with some caveats (e.g. frequencies/handset support, roaming costs, etc).
16. Illyich posted on 03 Dec 2009, 09:46 0 0
AT&T has roaming agreements, but if you only use the towers from roaming partners, you'll be flagged as someone who never actually uses AT&T towers, and AT&T has to pay that company. Thus, you're paying AT&T $150/month, and they're paying Montana Wireless or whoever like $3,000/month just for your services. They stop you pretty fast on stuff like that. It's the same with all wireless carriers.
9. jundibasam posted on 02 Dec 2009, 19:02 0 0
AT&T already lost one round and they were likely to lose the next round as well on Dec. 12, so it only made sense for them to stop wasting time and money and giving tons of free publicity to the ads at Verizon's benefit. Verizon's lawsuit against AT&T in July was even more ridiculous (asking the federal courts to officially declare Verizon to have the most reliable 3G wireless network in the U.S.) so its good they're burying the hatchet on this one. Also, with the new Consumer Reports being released today that shows AT&T in dead last place for customer satisfaction and Verizon in first place, AT&T really has nowhere to go on this.
12. deago78 posted on 02 Dec 2009, 20:22 0 0
Thank you for an intelligent and legitimate comment.
10. Techfan13 posted on 02 Dec 2009, 19:12 0 0
I can guarantee that Verizon isn't done. They aren't scared one bit of what AT&T has to say. As long as AT&T has their comebacks, Verizon wont back down.
15. rwolf1984 posted on 03 Dec 2009, 09:34 0 0
Verizon better be scared of AT&T. . .the Godfather is gonna go Mitch-A-Pooloza on "Can You Hear Me Now Guy" Dean Pritchard's ass. . .I guarantee it, Beanie will give you the keys to the store if I'm wrong. All we are is dust in the wind baby. . .AT&T fastest 3G Network, serving 98% of the US Population. . . "You're my boy Blue!!" LOL, JK
18. CODYPHOBIA posted on 03 Dec 2009, 10:16 0 0
Im hoping the JK was relevant to your entire post as AT&T's lame efforts to combat advertising was a joke. If Verizon agreed to a truce there is probably a reason behind it and it has NOTHING to do with AT&T. In my experience in the past VZW has always played the nice guy staying away from bashing competitors, it could have been because they didnt have the line up to back them, or because they didnt want that image.... But it is nice to see that it ruffled feathers because when companies compete, the only winners are the consumers (me and you)
