My post above should have said " I'm anxious to see 5G in reality, from people who actually have it, because there's a lot of misinformation and disinformation out there on 5G "
Well, as I said , T-Mobile needs Sprint to be large enough to compete with ATT and Verizon. They don't have the capital to roll out 5G on a scale of those two dominant carriers. And Sprint is probably headed to bankruptcy as they can't compete with the other three.
This a good deal for both T-Mob and Sprint. If it doesn't happen, this market dominated by two players.
Sprints future is probably bankruptcy, and then some other company will step in and buy the assets for a dime on the dollar, if this merger does not go through.
DOJ is concerned about a lack of competition, with the merger reducing the number of players to three. But the Catch 22, is if they don't merge, its only gonna be three players anyway. They're concerned about the consumer, but IMO, its needless.
T-Mobile CEO Legere was really happy getting this deal with Sprint, as Sprint was not open to any merger talks for a long time.
T-Mobile will survive without the merger, but will be a second class player to ATT and Verizon.
I saw some detail on T-Mobiles streaming service the other day, and I was not happy with it. If the story I read is correct, then T-Mob wants to charge $90 a month for their streaming. That's ridiculous, IF ... thats IF .... you also have to pay for an internet connection. There's a chance, that $90 a month would include 5G service, which would make it very reasonable.
From what I've seen so far, the going rate for 5G will be $50 a month. I'm paying $85 a month for broadband cable.
And the great thing about 5G internet, is there will be competition. In my area, broadband cable has never had any competitors, the other guys service was no where near the speed of cable. There will be at least three 5G providers to choose from.