Both AT&T (T) and T-Mobile (TMUS) traded at $26 exactly 10-years ago. Take a look at the current price. Whose leadership worked smarter? Thoughts?
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Exactly who do you think is unaware, at this point, that T stock has underperformed?
Try harder.
@1baf+1pURzKHL the only way you are avoiding T Mobile's $25 fee is if you are using a debit card, not a credit card.
A debit card, even if it can work like a credit card, is direct access to your bank account. Ain't no way I am giving a phone company direct access to my money.
I get no $25 surcharge from T-Mobile when paying with my credit card which has been every month since 2008!! T customer service was awful and lied once too often. The only time they proactively contacted me was after I moved to T-Mobile and sent me a "we want you back email" - no phone call just a form email!!
T-Mobile are crooks. A $25 surcharge if you pay them by credit card?
At least AT&T has principles.
You should compare AT&T stock to Apple or Tesla stock.
LOL, without a doubt, TMUS! I was based on that id--tic merger attempt T thought they could pull off. Now that is a case where, one might think, lawyers and analysts, etc., might soft ping the Fed Gov't to see how receptive they would be...The Obama Administration kind of frowned upon monopolies, even I knew that at the time. So it was widely reported that T - as part of the merger not being approved, had to give TMUS $4 B as a break-up fee. I read different sources that placed it potentially upwards of $10 B at the time. Regardless, at that time, TMUS was struggling, but whatever they received they certainly went on a marketing bonanza and invested in their network, and John Legere, a former T exec, made the most of it!
At least with that boondoggle, it kind of made sense for T to go after TMUS (had the due diligence been done to get an idea if the merger would be allowed), not like the DirecTV or Time/Warner moves...