Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 Twelfth Street, SW Washington, DC 20554
Re: WT Docket No. 18-197, Applications of T-Mobile US, Inc. and Sprint Corporation for Consent to Transfer Control of Licenses and Authorizations
Dear Ms. Dortch,
Enclosed please find the comments and petition signatures of 6,000+ Free Press members telling the Federal Communications Commission to reject the T-Mobile/Sprint merger.
The petition reads:
To the Federal Communications Commission:
The proposed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint would be disastrous for the millions of people who rely on mobile broadband for access to health care, education, employment, news and much more.
This deal would be especially harmful for low-income people and communities of color — expanding the digital divide that Chairman Ajit Pai has repeatedly said he wants to eliminate.
We’re calling on you to reject this merger. Protect affordability and access by promoting healthy competition between mobile providers. Our futures depend on it.
We urge the FCC to listen to communities and block this despicable deal.
Best,
Candace Clement Campaign Director Free Press
Free Press NO NO NO monopoly is not good for consumers! —David Allen Longsmith, brattleboro, VT
Monopolies = No competition —Velda R Smith, Sun Lakes, AZ
We need more competition, not fewer providers. —Mr. Brett A Greisen, NY, NY
Dear FCC , consolidation in the telecom industry has already made the industry quite uncompetitive and led to prices for services being raised thereby excluding a large chunk of the population from having decent internet services . If this merger is allowed to pass through this will raise prices even further and make services even more expensive for the public at large. This merger is not in the interest of the general public. Therefore i request that you block this merger from coming to fruition —Akschith Bhagvatula, Greenville, SC
The American people run this country! stop giving the power to corporations! —Alex Chopivsky, Reston, VA
We have the right to freedom of speech. You shouldn’t be able to take that away from us for your benefit —Kaylee Fermoile, Wildomar, CA
Stop TMobile and Sprint from merging, competition is needed to keep prices fair for consumers. —Peter Brickey, Las Vegas, NV
With telecommunications more & more crucial in people's daily lives, it is imperative that there be ease of access, affordability & protection from data mining. Allowing a mega-corporation to develop (T-Mobile/Sprint) & monopolizing thsi essential service is the opposite of what is needed now. —Joanne Oleksiak, Cherry Hill, NJ
If you support capitalism as the basis of America's economy, one must recognize that competition is critical to a healthy economy. When mergers are considered, approving them should be based on whether that merger serves the interests of both citizens and the market sector's overall welfare. The consolidation we're seeing in the telecom, internet and other media outlets may be economically advantageous to any two organizations while being significantly worse for their customers. I see no benefit whatsoever for this merger to the general public and this is crux of your choice. What's more important in terms of the FCC's mission- more profit for the two entities and their shareholders or more service choices for the vast majority of American consumers. Keep in mind that your decisions should be lean towards delivering the most benefit to the largest segment of the public. —Eugene Gouss, Tuxedo Park, NY
You are bringing the Bible's predictions to reality, STOP BEING DEMONIC !!! —Jeff Cotterman, Las Vegas, NV
T-mobile and Sprint are good companies, as long as they remain rivals. If they merge, they will become a monster. Monsters are bad for the marketplace and bad for consumers / citizens. Monsters eat up human rights. —Ann Tattersall, Eugene, OR
We need more competition - not less! —Timothy Carpenter, Morrisville, PA
Free Press No more mergers reject all sprint and t mobile mergers reject all cable mergers —Marvin T martian, Pasadena, CA help —Mario Ruiz, Frisco, TX
I'm a heavy believer in free enterprise and competition. It has been obvious that we need at least four major carriers. Don't let this slip through or else we'll all pay. —Nathan Barnett, Drew, MS
No no no —Gary Ellis, Beaumont, CA
Less concentration, greater choice. —Richard D Hovey, Eastpointe, MI
This is like a bad recurring dream. Mergers always lead to less competition not more. Combining Sprint and T-Mobile will harm consumer choice. It was because of competition from Sprint and TMobile that AT&T and Verizon were forced to bring back unlimited data plans after abandoning them earlier. Under the Obama Administration the Justice Department and FCC made the right call to protect consumers and promote competition enforcing antitrust laws. This should not be political. The previous administration even blocked the AT&T TMobile merger from hell that would have created a Ma Cell. Then they stopped Sprint from trying to acquire or merge with TMobile. Having a choice of AT&T, Verizon, Sprint or TMobile is good for consumers. The only people interested in mergers want to monopolize the wireless market. Wall Street is in favor of this deal and the executives of these companies but it’s bad for consumers. Sprint and TMobile are hoping regulators will look the other way this time because of the recent change in administrations, thinking under President Trump mergers may be allowed. Please put consumers first. Block this deal or put so many onerous conditions on the deal including certain divestitures to make the deal no longer worth pursuing. —Maneesh Pangasa, Tucson, AZ
Screw the fcc —Trever Miller, Herscher, IL
Tell the FCC to Reject the Dangerous T-Mobile/Sprint Merger at all! —Johnathan Allen Carter, San Antonio, TX
Thank you. —Cleo Stamatos, Baltimore, MD
Federal Communications Commission wants you to control about Sprint and T Mobile to reject the Dangerous Merger. The T Mobile and Sprint for Internet and Phone communications wants you to call him back about people. This has got to stop. . Thank you very much. —Maxwell Bogie, Livermore, CA
I Want púas —Luis, Glenwood Springs, CO
Please don't do this. —Gabi Heaton, Salt Lake City, UT
Free Press informasilebih jelas —Yervina, Palu, CA end monopolies, stop this one from going further! —Bifersen, Schenectady, NY
Already there is no reliable internet or celphone coverage in this very dense and trendy part of LA. Why make things worse —Marsha Steinberg, Los Angeles, CA
These are our lives that shouldn’t be controlled by others !!! —Jacqueline, Lewisville, TX
Ajit Pai does not think about the consumer and needs to be under review for receiving bribes and fraud. —Scott Walkley, Barton, NY
More providers means more options and better prices. Fewer is worse for everyone. —Marshall Winslow, Richardson, TX
I stand with rejecting this merger to continue to allow a healthy competition between mobile providers and allow the lower class and communities of color access to the internet to use for necessary and desired use. —Heather Mosley, Imperial Beach, CA
The FCC is merger crazy and we want it to stop! —Adrian Zupp, Cambridge, MA
Monopolies were made illegal in the 19th century. I do believe the Sherman antitrust bill is still on the books. Government should do its job: enforce the law AND protect our protect our right to free speech--which is guaranteed in the Constitution. —Madelyn Roesch, Woodhaven, NY
I think we should keep things how they are I think so because my school uses social media to post activities happening around school without that I wouldn’t know about these things —Katelynn Powell, Fort Wayne, IN
Leave the internet alone Please —Sarah Baum, Spokane, WA
The internet belongs to the people, not Ajit Pai! —Jesse Horn, Davenport, IA
Please support sustaining, or, if you like, reviving our Democracy by implementing the Antitrust Act and deny this horrendous merger. Thank you. —Jan Stautz-Hamlin, Clearwater, FL
Please do not let this merger go through. Think of the future: The future of our country, and how you will be remembered. —David Steele, Signal Hill, CA
Free Press Last December's FCC vote to destroy the Net Neutrality protections cannot stand. I’m calling on you to work with your colleagues to use the Congressional Review Act to pass a "resolution of disapproval" reversing the FCC's vote. The FCC's December decision willfully ignored the outcry of tens of millions of people, and it abdicated the FCC's responsibility to protect the internet from ISP blocking and discrimination. The FCC has injured our economy and free speech in just one action, all without so much as a single public hearing. We need me —Setupa Ajan, ,
I just signed up for T-Mobile's pay as you go plan a week ago. It's only $3 a month, which as a university student is a price I can actually afford. This was the only affordable plan I could find. Verizon, AT&T, TracFone, and Straight Talk all only have more expensive plans outside my price range. —Joseph Hoehn, Laconia, NH
Dont allow them to do this please. —Erick Ramos, Brooklyn, NY
Don’t take away our rights! —Ashlyn Hicks, League City, TX
This is a great threat to education. Research is done on the internet by all students, whether high school or college. Our American freedoms are being attacked by the republican agenda, which takes courage from their hateful leader, Trump. Republicans, regain your dignity! Show some degree of concern for American principles. —Terry Murphy, Oxnard, CA
Reject that Dangerous T-Mobile/Sprint Merger —Robert SMOLLINGER, Bethlehem, PA
This is going to ruin a lot of people’s life’s especially for people that are creating app and websites because they need net neutrality to make sure they have equal speed and opportunities that everyone else had —Austin Towler, Fairview, TN
United States of America is very Cruel Country. —Alexis Maestre Maestre-Saborit, Fort Myers, FL
The internet is very important to every single American and it should be left alone —Matt Williams, Waterbury, CT
This should not happen. —Austin Brown, Hastings, MN
So this is it? This is really how the gov shows how much they care about it's people? No. Not okay. —Angela nelson, Oregon, WI free 4th estate key to democracy —AF Williams, Paramus, NJ
Keep Net Neutrality. —Roxie Thomas, Duluth, GA
Free Press No merger between T-Mobile and Sprint! Reject this dangerous merger. We need competition! —Ricky Nguyen, Seattle, WA
I demand that you stop the T-Mobile/Sprint Merger because, driven up prices would have a negative impact on low-income families who would have to consider giving up owning a cellphone or the Internet. Here's the thing: That's an impossible choice to make because, you kind of need a cellphone number and an email address for many things, whether it's a subscription or job. (Then again, I don't think anybody in power considered that.) Furthermore, life without a cellphone is unimaginable for many Americans. I imagine few would take such a merger lying down. —Lauren Tucker, Tallahassee, FL
Don't let this merger happen, Ajit. This will only make it harder for poorer people to access the internet. —Devin Padilla, Mankato, MN
This is disappointing. I believe they're for Net Neutrality, but I'm against mega mergers. It means less competition and higher prices. That doesn't help, because I am shopping for my own call, text, and data plan. I will buy the plan that's right for me. Don't raise prices, because my dad is a T-Mobile customer. He won't like that either. And I hope Verizon won't raise their rates. My mom is a Verizon FiOS customer. —Saul Danchi, Ellicott City, MD
As a customer of the newly merged AT&T/Verizon I deeply oppose another merger at this level. Instead of having several options we will now have two. —Marisa Rich, Oakland, CA
This deal is actually good for our country. —What, ,
This merger will ruin the stock market. —cameron Iacono, North Attleboro, MA
This merger does nothing to increase connectivity. It instead reduces options and forces higher prices. It stifles competition and stagnates the field. It must be rejected. —William C. Black, Lehighton, PA
Our nation was built on competition, not domination. Let's keep it that way. —Dick Gary, Park City, UT
Competition = MAGA —James P P, Surf City, NC
We need MORE competition, not less. And NO, mergers don't make corporations more competitive. Please stop lying. —Benita J. Campbell, Burgettstown, PA
As a T-Mobile customer, I do not want to see this merger take place. —James Milnthorpe, Phoenix, AZ
Impeach trump now and put him in jail! —Anthony F Mendousa, Orleans, MA
Free Press As a T-Mobile customer I have first hand experience of their nastiness toward their customers. When your cell phone is stolen they help the criminals rather than the customers by refusing to cut off service to the phone and also refuse to give the customer call records made by the thief. —Les Rees, Tempe, AZ
I don't mind companies taking a profit, but I'm against this monopolisation that we're seeing in efforts all around us —Arthur Jaffe, N. Bergen, NJ
Corporate mergers between big time market players consolidate wealth towards the top while simultaneously laying off lower level employees. This is akin to class warfare —Kevin Meegan, Spartanburg, SC
We are T-mobile customers but still our the merger as bad for the country. —David L Myrow, Getzville, NY
Fire Ajit Pai —William Krause, Houston, TX
Can we count on you to do the right thing for consumers, not for telecom companies??? —William Haegele, philadelphia, PA
No more mergers of any communications industry companies! The consumer is the one who loses! There needs to be MORE competition- not less. These two should not be allowed to merge, leaving a three horse race in wireless in the entire country! No choice for consumers and prices that increase with greater control of the market. NO MERGER! —Stacy R, New York, NY
Back to the '30s? Make corporate America in charge of not only the government but you want to run everyday people's lives also. Stop this corporate takeover of your freedoms! —Steven Rowley, Tahlequah, OK
Keep competition alive. Please reject T-Mobile/Sprint merger. Thank you. —Michele Sherriton, New York, NY
Mergers do not benefit customers. That's a myth, created by greedy corporations. —Cat Ransom, Cottonwood, AZ
NO MERGER...... BAD FOR CONSUMERS —John D. Eder, provincetown, MA does that mean I get all my Money/investment back from T-Moblie?I need it now1 —Sammelvin Hoyer, Ypsilanti, MI
There is no good reason to allow this further loss of competition among carriers -- which could be disastrous for consumers -- expect to line the pockets of the companies' execs. —Mr T Lozaw, Charleston, WV
This will create less competition and will result in less choice and higher costs for consumers. —David Bertenthal, Pittsburgh, PA
Free Press I was a former Sprint customer, but dropped them for lack of coverage. Less competition is no good. —Christopher Seymour, Newark, MD
As a long time T-Mobile customer this is VERY disturbing. I hav no doubt my service and value will suffer. —Jake Jacobs, Kailua Kona, HI
I am elderly enough to remember a belief in the vigor and health of competition and antitrust regulation. —Charles L. Rapport, Holliston, MA
We don't need monopolies in our telecommunications companies. —Susan McRae, Olympia, WA
Please reject this merger, which reduces competition and threatens consumers —Kathleen Johnson, Salem, OR
ANTI TRUST AND ALL KNOW IT. WILL NEVER EVER EVER GO T MOBILE...THIS IS OUR INTERNET -WE PAID FOR IT AND THIS OS PURE FRAUD. NO SPRINT NO T MOBILE EVER. —Nancy Currah, Casper WY, WY
As a T-Mobile customer, I would like to maintain some competition in the market place. —Ruth King, Lacey, WA
... and here I was just thinking I had to switch to T-Mobile so I could get away from Verizon. Don't let them sell out! —Annie Katzman, N.Y.C., NY
T-Mobile is the last remaining customer-oriented cell phone provider. This would be a disaster. Please protect the American people instead of corporate profits and monopolies. —Ria Tanz Kubota, El Sobrante, CA
Competition has always been good. It keeps prices competitive and fuels innovation. —Suzanne Roulston-Doty, Gainesville, FL
The recent AT&T and Charter acquisitions show how mergers, with their subsequent reduction of competition, raises prices and hurts the consumer. —F Jay Pocius, Westbrook, CT
I totally oppose this merger. I am a former tmobile customer and current sprint customer. The job of the FCC is to protect people against monopolies. So... do your job and protect us. —D Jessop, Santa Fe, NM
Why are we headed to two or three mega-corporations that are regional monopolies supplying all our digital services —Chadwick Cox, Norman, OK
I am a happy T-Mobile customer. They offer great service at great rates and shook up an industry dominated by a few major players. Please don’t allow a merger that would creat another major player. Consumers win when their are multiple companies and true competition. —J Hynd, Los Angeles, CA
Free Press Totally unacceptable, don't sellout on the people who believed in your company and its better business plan. —DS Vincent, Durham, NC
If you allow this merger you will be creating a monopoly in this form of communication market! —Christie Reimer, Allen, TX competitive trade is what is best for the consumer. Please do the right thing. —Susan Stutz, Cherry Valley, MA
The FCC along with every other governmental organisation under the Trump administration is selling down the river the citizens to whom they are pledged to work for and answer to. Ajit Pai is an utter disgrace to the current government in Washington and an insult to all those who remain true to their mandate. —Jennifer Humiston, Huntsville, AL
Metro PCS, a t-mobile subsidiary —William L Edwards, Dallas, TX
This merger would be a disaster for America, as it would further loss of diversity in service. The merger would be a perfect example of why we have laws concerning monopolies. —James J. O'Connell III, Westminster, CA
I don't understand why this pre written decline of this merger had to specifically include that it will negatively impact people of color right after it already says low income communities. However I do agree that these 2 companies are already too large and this merger will not positively impact the lower 99 percent. —Nicole White, Monument, CO
Had TMobile for 2 years on plan and had NO service at home . Had to drive 1 mile away to make calls. They refused to give me a booster or lower my over 100 mo bill for no service. Had same experience with ATT also —Larry Lewis, Winter Garden, FL
Enough mergers! We need competition, not collusion. T-Mobile has challenged the industry to be more customer-focussed; without those challenges, customers lose out to corporate profiteering. —Sally Jane Gellert, Woodcliff Lake, NJ
My carrier is Credo. However, I believe Credo uses the Sprint network to provide service. I feel nervous about the implications of a merger between Sprint and T-Mobile. —Elicia Beckerman, Eden Prairie, MN
Mr. SDD. I've been a T-Mobile customer from the beginning--looks like it may be time to change carriers. Mr. SDD —Mr. Shelley D. Dahlgren PhD, Sammamish, WA
Fewer competitors in an already consolidated market is bad for innovation and competition. Please take action and reject this merger as it will result in higher prices for consumers with fewer improvements to service offerings. —Anthony Landi, Millersville, PA
Free Press Bigger is not better. It is just means higher prices and less competition, and therefore less accountability to those who need the services currently provided at affordable prices. Frankly, Pai needs to be removed from his position as Chairman of the FCC for all is past actions and any harmful actions he plans for the future. —Pamela Kjono, Grand Forks, ND
NO MONOPOLIES!!!!!! —John Clark, San Diego, CA
I mean ffs this is a terrible idea. —Alex, Boise, ID
Americans are being used like a cash cow for the corrupt members of the 1% and the United States government. —Deborah Lee Chill, Yucaipa, CA
Fewer mergers = more competition, which is more American and better for America. —Barbara Labinger, San Francisco, CA
I am a real voter from South Carolina, And I oppose this merger. —Dana Phillips, Myrtle Beach, SC
I’m with T-mobile because of their great price and service. I do not want and oppose the merger as history has shown this leads to higher prices, lousy customer service and stifles innovation. —Tom Agosta, Detroit, MI
These companies are all becoming to big and will control politics for years to come. We need to stop companies from buying up the competition instead of competing for consumers. —Roy Robinson, Spokane, WA
I thought there was one reputable company amongst the telecoms...apparently not, do not allow this unscrupulous move. —Bekki tippens, Colrain, MA stop .profit over people.NOW —Steve Dillon-Gehrig, durham, NC
I love T-Mobile! I HATE sprint, AT&T + don't want them to be my carrier! —Rhonda H Berger, Espanola, NM
Everything in this country is now based on huge profits and control byn the few and the rest of us are fodder for their GREED. —Anne W. Winkle, Kenosha, WI
Stop it —Leonard Chris Munz, Rodeo, CA
I am tired of these mega corporations who are corrupt and do nothing but raise prices and increase CEO pay. STOP THE MERGERS. —Kenneth Hyche, cullman, AL
Free Press I'm a T-Mobile customer and I don't think this is a good idea. —John Balash, New York, NY
Dump trump and his tea-party toadies! —Jerry Calhoun, Heber, AZ
These mergers of corporations that reduce competition and end up hiking consumer prices should be stopped by default. —Jan C Nova, Bronx, NY
Mergers are bad for all customers and citizens! —Greg Thomas, silver spring, MD
This case should be stopped. But the entire USA is now nothing but monopolies which all should be broken up! —Lee Schondorf, Yoncalla, OR
As a telecommunications industry expert (now retired) I can assure you that this merger will be bad for the industry, bad for the country and bad for users. Bigger is not better..... particularly in this case —Dale Mullen, Westcliffe, CO
We need more competition, not less. If Jimmy Carter had not broken up Ma Bell, we wouldn't even have the completion and innovation that brought us the smart phone and cell phone. Stop the billionaire monopolies! —Mike Michael Kelly, Huntington Beach, CA
Shame. Shame. Shame. —Patricia Doyle, burr ridge, IL
You disgust me, you have no clue what the hell these companies are doing yet you sponsor their collusion, fuck the fcc and it’s scum running it... —Dee Noblett, Mechanicville, NY
If we leave our fellow citizens behind because they have lower incomes or less access to credit we become more fractured and the consequences exponentially grow. —Ms. Susanna Burney, Seattle, WA
So if this merger goes through, who will go next and who will protect the public's interest? —Dorli Rainey, Seattle, WA
Competition is supposed to be the highlight of our democracy. Let it shine. —Rebecca H. Walding, Cerrillos, NM
Please don't allow this merger. —Jessica Courtright, Spencerport, NY
As a T-Mobile customer I don't support this merger! —, Plano, TX
Free Press I am a current T-Mobile customer. —, Chambersburg, PA
All these big company mergers are killing fair competition and motivation to provide better service. Reject this one! —Ms. Carol Ortiz, Montgomery, TX
Please we need to be conscious of people of all economic situations. There are many of us who are just affording a cell phone. —S Bartel, Thiensville, WI
I had to look far and wide to get cell phone service that was not tied to the big gorilla AT&T. Make it easy to find cell phone service for us, who do not stream everything under the sun. —Janice M Gintzler, Crestwood, IL
I ask you please take into account the common people the people who make up most of the United States of America please do not allow this merger. Thank you —Susan Bartel, Mequon, WI
Part of the FCC's mission is to ensure equitable competition in a market heavily prone to monopoly. Hopefully Mr. Pai will understand this. —Kira Signer-Romero, Albuquerque, NM
We must encourage a healthy balance in the mobile market in order to prevent market monopoly. —Laura, Newark, NJ
Fewer companies = less competition = higher prices for consumers. —Caroline Hair, Columbia, SC
Competition is crucial to a functioning capitalist economy. The US broke up the Ma Bell monopoly for a reason. Keep competition alive in the mobile market by blocking this merger! —Joan Wolkerstorfer, Saint Paul, MN
I have been a T-Mobile customer for more than 10 years. This proposed merger will hurt me and your other customers. Please stop now, do not go forward with it. —Carolyn M Byerly Ph.D., Adelphi, MD
The public needs to be protected from abusive practices and the incredibly high prices charged and harsh terms for contracts of the telecommunications corporations inflict heartlessly. This industry should be regulated. The fundamental necessity to participation in modern life in 2018 of technological access demands that the government oversee, regulate, and demand ethical and fair terms. Abuse is what the government is supposed to prevent - a main charge of government is to act on behalf of those in a weak position who are being abused. The profit margins of telecommunications industry clearly prove they are not suffering but rather cleaning up financially at the expense of excluding or hardship for too many AMERICANS. Where is the logic here? Why favor a behemoth over the helpless individual, why allow harm when it is completely NOT necessary as well as immoral and unethical. Why are the profits of a few corporations of more value than helping our whole economy, helping those disadvantaged in myriad ways, helping to address the inequality in our country? Decency? Shame? Where are you in 2018? —Christina Wilgren, Bedford, MA
No (near) monopolies! —Anthony Barron, Georgetown, TX
Free Press I refuse and will go to ATT to save money via bundling. After this merger, there will be little difference between T-Mobile/Sprint, ATT, and Verizon. —Chris Caron, Franklin Park, IL
Does the word 'antitrust' mean anything to anybody? —Esther Taxon, Santa Barbara, CA
Competition is better for all. We must stop the further consolidation of telecommunications companies in order to maintain freedom of communication, which is foundational for the health of our democracy. —Justin Reid, Astoria, NY
People who depend on either carrier would be hurt by this merger. Please stop the merger. —Ms. Kim Kensler-Prager, Toledo, OH
No Way. —Peter Fraterdeus, Galena, IL
More competition means better business. We already have so few cellphone companies to choose from when it comes to picking our service. Don't let there be less! —Samantha Siegfried, Anaheim, CA
Monopolies used to be illegal....allowing this merger will give this newly formed entity too much power with little competition and costs of using a phone will only rise, while service won't. This is another example of the poison that has become evaluating everything by monetary superlatives in this country.....it is not only stupid, it is dangerous. —T J Thompson, Gig Harbor, WA
We need medium-sized companies to counter the interests of large companies -- NOT more large companies that will just have largely the same interests and engage in de facto collusion. —Nicole Johnson, Hillsboro, OR
(I am a T-Mobile customer.) —Dennis Bricker, Iowa City, IA
Stop the merger of T-Mobile/Sprint. Every time T-Mobile cuts its prices, Sprint and other companies create new deals in response. If this merger is approved, the loss of two competitors will mean higher prices for all of us — and that will disproportionately harm people of color, low-income communities, and residents of rural and outlying areas who have few options to connect. —Sandy Rasich, Santa Fe, NM
Hi again. —Colin G Gallagher, Marina, CA
What happened to competition ? Stop the merger —Nancy Cushwa, Portland, OR
These mergers help form and maintain oligopolies. This is simply against the spirit of all antitrust legislation. Teddy Roosevelt would be appalled. —Stephen Fleck, Chapel Hill, NC
Free Press Stop the march towards oligarchy. Thank you. —Donna S. Davis, Woodstock, IL
ANOTHER FRIGGIN' MERGER...???!!!! WHEN DOES ALL THIS MASS CORP. COSOLIDATION STOP..???!!! THE PEOPLE LOSE BIG TIME WITH ALL THESE MERGER...!!! ONLY BENEFTIS WALL STREET...!!!! NOTHING MORE...!!!!1 STOP THIS MERGER NOW....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! —John Prybylski, Buffalo, NY
Mergers between large companies that do the same thing always negatively affects consumers. —Margaret Gooding, Rialto, CA
I wouldn't use either one of these creeps! —Carol Dodson, Elgin, SC
Very sad to hear about T-Mobil. Seems like we are heading towards bigger and bigger mega-mergers, less and less to the benefit of users/citizens. —William Kaplan, New Haven, CT
We have T-Mobile. DO NOT MESS IT UP! —Colleen James Clark and Cox, Cambridge, MA
If the merger goes through, we'll just have to invoke anti-trust laws to split them up again. —Peter Veits, Burnsville, MN
Reject! —Martha Taylir, Merrimac, MA
I do not rely on a mobile carrier, but concur with this prepared comment to the FCC that this merger will severely harm those Chairman Pai has pledge to protect by not authorizing mergers that expand the digital divide. —Norma Kline, Meadville, PA
This monopoly-sized merger will only hurt consumers who cannot afford rate hikes. The new behemoth company will have free rein to raise rates for what is, for all intents and purposes, as necessary a utility as heating, electricity, water. —Louise Stark, Phoenix, AZ
I actually loved T-Mobile so much, that it's our Lord and Savior. but now, that Lord and Savior is no Lord and Savior. they betrayed us. —Ashton Bliss, Louisville, KY
If this merger happens: People will loose jobs. Quality of service will go down. Prices to consumers will go up. We both know this. —Gary Albright, Snohomish, WA
Altho this is a form it DOES SPEAK FOR ME. —Janis Fensch5549, Bellingham, WA
Free Press The continual allowal of monopolies in the telecommunications industry by both political parties has reeked havoc on democracy. I am tired of hearing about those who have unbridled support for crony capitalism telling the public it is all about the right to choose. It seems only you are doing the choosing, and you choose to stand with the monopolists, the money-changers, and those who you regularly visit using the revolving door. Americans are not stupid like you think, and you are fomenting future troubles in our country that do not have to come about. —Michael Carano, Tallmadge, OH
With only 4 major carriers in the US, removing one of them will undoubtedly harm American consumers. Mobile phone access is becoming more and more important for modern life, so increasing the price will shut out more people from being able to participate in society. —Chris Frisz, Durham, NC
I had every intention of switching to T-Mobile because of the company's pro-consumer policies. If T-Mobile merges with Sprint, I'll have nowhere to turn. —Virge Buck, Greensboro, NC
T-Mobile has decided to put profits over people and take away the one thing that helps protect all consumers: competition. —Paul Mayer, Livingston, TX
Tell Walmart leaving t- mobile over this —Dean Domogala, Indianapolis, IN
I am a serious supporter of competition. You are attempting to control to the detriment of the country. —Karen Mahoney, florence, OR
Monopoly is never the friend of the consumer or his/her pocketbook. This merger will just make another giant corporation with poor service and no choice and leave many Americans unable to afford phone and internet services. —Carole plourde, Amesbury, MA
None. I don't have a cellphone. Too poor. —Shirley C, Portland, OR
More consolidation is NOT in the best interests of OUR citizens. —Kelly McConnell, Tigard, OR
I mean, I use Metro PCS, so it's basically T-Mobile. —Cori Bishop, Egg Harbor City, NJ
As a current Sprint customer, I worry about the cost and service implications of his merger for myself and my family. —Patrick Flynn, Larchmont, NY
Thank you so much for keeping us all informed about this problem but now I don't know what carrier I should be using. Do you have any suggestions? —Elisa Wolfe, Granville, OH
Do not allow this merger. It will be a disaster for us.Also, Sprint is a horrible company. —Theodore Polychronis, Glendale, CA
This is another blow to democracy and will contribute to the end of rampaging capialism —Elizabeth Barron, Loudonville, NY
Free Press I am currently vacationing in Scotland, and there are numerous providers to choose from. The service is as good as in the USA, but the cost is significantly less. This is capitalism and competition in action. The USA is supposed to be a capitalist country. This means competition, not monopolies. —John Robinson, Tolland, CT
Nope nope nope nope nope no merger! —David Toboz, Saint Paul, MN
We need more competition, not more mergers that result in near-monopolies. —Richard Boyer, San Clemente, CA
I have enjoyed being a T-Mobile customer for years. I liked that it was an independent carrier apart from the larger corporations. Please, don't sell out. You have helped keep the cell phone marketplace competitive for all. And for the benefit of the consumer. I also don't want to lose the great customer service once the company becomes swallowed into the corporate framework. We don't need more mediocrity in the market place...we need that independent spirit that made T-Mobile a maverick in the cell phone market. —Camille Bratkowski, North Hollywood, CA
Just another attempt to make poor people appear to be freeloaders! —Ms. Rose M Riker, Sioux City, IA
I switched from Sprint to T-Mobile to get more services for half the price. Sprint is simply price gouging which seems to be the new American way. Please do not add to the already growing "who gives a damn about the customer. They have no choice but to pay" business culture. It may look good for a while. But, it ends in business bust! —David L Richmond, Durham, NC
As you probably know from personal experience, we need all the competition in Internet providers we can get. Prevent this merger. —Elizabeth Robinson, Mountlake Terrace, WA
The lives of millions of people that can barely afford a cheap basic plan to stay connected with the rest of the world, is in your hands. Thanks for keeping this service at their reach. —Miryam Rubenstein, Tallahassee, FL
This monopolization of industries that control what we see, hear, and read, is a threat to all of us. Please don't allow this. —Barbara G coulson, Marshall, NC
As a T-Mobile customer this merger will degrade service and corporate accountability and raise my already ridiculously high bill. —Eric Matchett, Tucson, AZ
Preposterous! Just plain old baloney from T-Mobile! —Jo Ann McGreevy, North Bergen, NJ
These practices are harming the entire country. When money is available to everyone, we all succeed. When it is limited to those who already have plenty, we lose democracy. —Joan Lobell, Baltimore, MD
Another example of the "Drumpfing" of America. —Barton Grimm, Beverly Hills, MI
Free Press I recently switched to T-Mobile, because the service I received from the "big" company (Verizon) had steadily deteriorated over 5 years, to the point of being non-functional for me at my rural residence. T-Mobile provides better service at a much better price. There seem to be few regulations on the cellular and broadband to protect the consumer. Shouldn't we at least let capitalistic competition protect us? —Jean Gerth, Sagle, ID
NO monopolies should be allowed in America. Companies who try to ease into near-monopolies should be broken up. —Timothy Simmons MD, Charleston, WV
We need MORE competition - not LESS. Please stop this latest effort to maximize corporate profits at the expense of consumers. —Laurie Smith, austin, TX
I am a T-mobile customer, and have been for several years because they are foreign-owned and do not try to lobby and influence domestic politics. T-Mobile represents a model wireless carrier, especially compared to ATT and Verizon, both of whom have been chipping away at Net Neutrality for decades. This merger may be less of a bad idea than two larger companies merging, but it is still a bad idea. I oppose this merger on principle of Antitrust. —William S Irvine, Portland, OR
Corporations ALL say the same thing -- FU*K AMERICA WE WANT MORE MONEY —Darryl Wrona, Billings, MT american people are being flushed down the drain! where is a fair wage and health coverage to working americans and their families? its disgusting that big business execs exempt themselves from anything like a true democracy. shame. —David Peevers, Los Angeles, CA
No more media consolidation to jack up costs for essential means of communication! —Jean A. Thompson, Kennebunk, ME
Stop these monopolistic consolidations. No T-Mobile & Sprint merger! —Julie Penny, Sag Harbor, NY
Unfair, unwise and decidedly unAmerican —Susan Hathcock, Lenoir City, TN
I HAD TO LEAVE SPRINT BECAUE THEY WERE SCAMMING ME WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF EXTRA CHARGES THAT MADE NO SENSE. WENT TO T-MOBILE AND AM HAPPY THERE.. PLEASE...AM A WIDOW ON FIXED INCOME..NEED A PHONE BUT NOT AT THE PRICES SPRINT CHARGES. —Rev Lydia Salazar Martinez, SanAntonio, TX
Just the rank stench of money. —Dr. J S. Reed, Elk Grove, CA not a bot —Frankie Harvey-Shea, Redmond, OR
ENOUGH!! —Mr John K Harrison, Clifton, NJ
Free Press What - MORE media consolidation? Are you TRYING to create oligopolies? BECAUSE WE WON'T STAND FOR IT. BREAK UP THE BIG TELECOMS; DO NOT HELP THEM DESTROY COMPETITION. —Steve Ditore, Seattle, WA
Competition by T-Mobile has completely changed the cell phone industry. Please reject the merger to maintain vibrant competition in the cell phone industry. —Mr. Robert Aronson, Venice, CA
PLEASE, CONSULT YOUR CONSCIENCE AND DO WHAT IS NEEDED BY YOUR FELLOW HUMANS!! —Amy Irene Anderson, Kingston, NY
Concentration of control is consistently bad for customers. There is a reason for anti trust laws. Push to boundaries to protect "We the People" instead of "I the Oligarch" —Kathryn M. Tominey, Benton City, WA
Kill the merger now —Josh Heffron, NYC, NY
I am so tired of the greed and corruption in government now. We need to get rid of these toxic people (including trump). —Mrs. Susan C. Acosta, Inglewood, CA
Competition is critical in keep quality up and prices down. —Joanne Hesselink, Neshkoro, WI we don't support phone monopolies . We don't support GOP greed ,racism ,sexism ,homophobia ,xenophobia or BS from Ajait Pai . No to phone monopolies , —Karen and Will Lozow Cleary, Bloomington, IN
AT&T, woe betide me. —Frances F Goff, Pasadena, CA
This merger would create an anti-cosumer monopoly and it should be opposed with every effort. —Sean Kennedy, Healdsburg, CA
Thank you! —Fecteau Richard, Farmington, ME
I am a T-Mobile customer. The no-contract plans and lower rates provide very much needed and desired options for customers. The "No Credit Check" plans give customers who are usually discriminated against, the opportunity to improve their credit. —Alicia Harkins, Baltimore, MD
More competition is better for the marketplace and allows more access for the people. —Cathy Spalding, Olympia, WA
Time for Mr. "Massive Reese's Coffee Mug" to quit sabotaging the commission he heads and actually rule in favor of the public interest of the vast majority of the public. His maniac merger fever is destroying the public's right to the airwaves. —Michael D. Spence, Tukwila, WA
Free Press PROTECT THE USERS FOR A CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO YOU JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! —Gerard F. Gaudin, METAIRIE, LA
But after 15+ years, it will not be anymore if they merge with Sprint! the FCC MUST put a stop to the T-Mobile/Sprint merger and protect the public from greedy corporations. —Jay D Lefkowitz, Valley Glen, CA
I don't have a cell phone. Really. —Lance Vilter, Los Angeles, CA
Verizon —Ernest Hammer, Tuckahoe, NY
I am a T-Mobile customer and reject this merger. —Diane Palladino, Florence, MA
If this merger passes, I'll have to change our family plan of 6 users to something else. —Ms. Leslie N McDonald, Eden Prairie, MN
I have been a very satisfied T-Mobile customer for 7 years now. It would be very disappointing - and disruptive - to have to find a new cellular carrier. Lose the "merger-mania" and keep your focus on continuing innovation and great customer service! —Kirsten Barquist, Lakeport, CA
Mergers and a lack of competition are always good for the companies, but never good for the consumer. This is what happens when you pay lawmakers to give you what you want. The consumers have no way of protecting themselves. When there are regulations to protect us, they are removed by the Republicans who have donors who don't like regulations. Citizens United has paved the path for this kind of greed. —Sandra Cullen, Dubuque, IA
To realize the public opportunity of communication is the FCC's mandate in my opinion. To further consolidate pubic choice is abhorrent to this mandate. Please reject this profit over people merger of T-Mobile and Sprint. —Mr. John Rogers, Redford, MI
Stop the T-Mobile/Sprint merger. —Judith K Schwab, Mercer Island, WA
These mergers may be good for the executive's paychecks, but they're usually awful for consumers. Please block this merger. —Kathryn A. Burns, Austin, TX
Stop the deal. Stop the greed! —Dr. Kay McGraw Ph.D., Adelphi, MD
[Disclosure: I am an old white man] #ENOUGH #NeverAgain Say "No" to NAZIs! —Jon Sheehan, Bell Gardens, CA
This merger is the ultimate in anticompetitive consolidation. It will harm individual consumers as well as other corporations. —George G. Stradtman Jr., Elkins Park, PA
Free Press It is sickening to behold the merging and centralization of more and more money/power into fewer and fewer hands....like the planet should BELONG to only a few people? Without Democracy and fairness? —Toni Aguilar, Golden, CO
Mergers like this never benefit the consumer. The FCC is supposed to look out for consumers in the marketplace and ensure that there is competition so that the best "supply and demand" levels are available . Do your job: reject this merger. —Kae Bender, Lancaster, CA
TIME TO START TO THHINK ABOUT AMERICANS AND NOT PROFITS. I CAN LIVE W/O A CELL PHONE. —Jody L. fritzke, Stacy, MN
OT but John Legere: If —Sarah Apfel, New York, NY
Whatever happened to splitting up monopolies - as was done with AT&T????? —Karen Kirchdoerfer, Orefield, PA
The Looters are back, this time Sprinting to screw consumers. Ayn Rand take note. —Timothy O'Dell, Corinth, VT
My service is already being throttled, as the divide between the 1% and the 99% becomes increasingly noticeable, so too does the immoral greed of this administration. What ever happened to anti-trust laws and humanity??? —Ms. J Cohen, beachwood, OH
Bigger is not better. In fact, it is worse for consumers. —Mr. Ron Garrison, Denver, CO
As a T-Mobile customer, I oppose this merger. Find other ways to keep prices low. —Matthew R. Saxe, Crystal, MN
I use Walmart Family Mobile, which uses T-Mobile as its carrier. Any changes resulting from a T-mobile/Sprint merger will eventually be reflected in higher costs being passed along and eventually affect me. I DON'T want to pay higher prices, which will inevitably happen sooner or later from this merger. —Jay Harlan, Houston, TX
I'm so sick of these greedy bastards doing this kind of thing. We need a people's revolt! —S Jordan, deerfield beach, FL
Is there no end to unopposed and unchecked monopolies and attempted monopolies in this country? Forget the mirage of capitalism and competition. Monopolies exist without fear of government regulation. —Al Beltram, Albany, OR
Stop this insanity and prove to us that you care about us —Peyton, Lake Geneva, WI
Please think about the low-incomer Americans —Phil Copeland, Louisville, KY
Free Press We barely have choices in internet service as it is. This will make it much worse. And even more expensive. —Robin Bergman, Arlington, MA
I have been a T-Mobile customer for years, this is not in my interest or the interests of customers more broadly. —Mr. Tobias Boyd, Portland, OR
We most stop these mergers. As companies grow bigger and bigger by they swallow up competitors, it become almost impossible for the consumer to get a good deal as the corporations get more and more powerful. —Henry Berkowitz, Sabinsville, PA
Seniors don't have enough money know & they want to charge more money. Just like KOCH SUCKERS. —Dave Bilski, Perrysburg, OH
As a decade-long T-Mobile customer, I respectfully ask that the FCC not approve this merger with Sprint. As a previously miserable AT&T customer, I left and went to T-Mobile years ago when it was the smallest carrier in the U.S. The technical and customer service has been amazing from T-Mobile. Having suffered the results of my cable provider being merged with another company and my internet provider being merged with another company, my experience is that the technical service suffers drastically with the combined company; and the customer service is non-existent. Please do not let this merger take place. The public will not benefit from it and customers will end up with lousy service and no one from whom we can obtain relieve. —EL L Eversman, Akron, OH
This would leave us with few options - I presently use Verizon but hate what they did to California firefighters recently. We must have more than two choices when they both are morally corrupt! —Sandy Parbury, concord, CA
Ma Bell Again! —Jeffrey Watson, Issaquah, WA
We need competition not monopolies to be fair to consumers. —Nancy Lynn, Emeryville, CA
Stop this merger. It hurts consumers and only benefits the telecom industry. The FCC is supposed to protect consumers, not the industry. —Nancy Gutierrez, palm desert, CA did not like either company that is why I changed. —Sandra Standeford, Indianapolis, IN we need more competition, not less! —Barbara Hosmer, Mission Viejo, CA
I used to have Credo, a Sprint user, and closed the account after years of trying to deal with them. —Bo Breda, Pahoa, HI
The so-called Free Market is supposed to benefit consumers. Huge mergers like this are a backdoor way of thwarting those consumer benefits while still earning mega benefits for huge companies. This must not be allowed to continue,, or healthy communication will die, and along with it, our democracy. —Ruth Hardy, cincinnati, OH
Free Press MERGERS FOR BIG CORPORATIONS ARE bad.for regular people —John Moore, Farmingdale, NY
My experience with Sprint is that they have no interest in making it possible to contact them when there is a problem, there are many problems which they will not respond to, because their arcane system only lets you talk to a human being, who, of course has no authority to make decisions, which, of course, requires yet another series of calls, without staying on the line for hours. The FCC should be investigating Sprint. They over bill. They send bills that are overdue before they are even mailed. They are crooks. No merger with company should take place until the FCC does the first job, which is to investigate Sprint and fine them into oblivion for their anti-consumer fraud. —Eric West, Port Orange, FL
Access and affordability need be protected by way of competition between mobile providers. NO "mega-mergers"! —P Johansen, Walnut Creek, CA
Less monopolies, please! —Donna Boland, San Rafael, CA
Do NOT want this!!!! —Michele Feiertag, Clifton, NJ
The more companies that merge the higher the price gets for the average user and the bigger the Monopoly hold over the industry becomes. That's exactly what you guys are supposed to be preventing in the first place. Please actually do your job this time around. —Vince, Ridgefield Park, NJ carrier uses Sprint —Norm S Conrad, Mount Vernon, WA
NO! Too much anti-trust is occurring already without accountability! I will ABANDON my cell phone MetroPCS plan PERMANENTLY and NEVER USE ONE AGAIN. Give me a reason! —Kathleen Hopkins, oakland, CA
Please don’t allow this to happen. Thank you! —Kory Bakke, St Paul, MN
I have a landline. When I smell monopoly I know people are going to be hurt. —Christine Elaine Bruce, Elyria, OH
How do you justify harming those already struggling? —Yuana L. Blanke, River Ridge, LA
AT&T —Kristen Bossert, Milton, DE
These mergers continue to reduce the options for consumers and give these oligopolies the power to raise their prices because people no longer have any real choices. STOP THESE MERGERS AND BUYOUTS!!! —Paul Shabazian, Granada Hills, CA
Free Press This industry is far from where it needs to be, and its entire structure and landscape is changing ... we will continue to drag the duopoly (yep, kicking and screaming) into treating their customers better and delivering more value! —Z W, Portland, OR
Let's keep the competition going. Fewer choices always results in higher prices and fewer options for services. Neither of these communications providers are hurting for money. Most of it's users are! —Paul Kruger, Interlachen, FL
NO MORE MEGA MERGERS! —Alvin Dahlkoetter, Tucson, AZ
Sherman Antitrust Act ... enforce it! It's still on the books!! —Judy Chapman, Wheeling, IL
I just switched to TMobile because I thought they would be a fair company that would put their customers first. AT&T, Verizon and Sprint only care about the bottom line. Please don't allow this merger. We need more companies that serve their customers, not fewer!! A merger of these two companies would hurt not only me but millions of other citizens. Where does it stop? —Susan Donnelly, Boston, MA
The Sprint network is what my Virgin Mobile service uses and I am very much against this merger. Mega-corporations yielding all of the power are not in the interest of the people. —Victoria Wade, marina, CA
Either run the world making good decisions or get out of our way. —William F Smith, Anchorage, AK
STOP IT! NOW! —John D Smith, NY, NY
The fact is that the loss of two wireless competitors will mean higher prices for everyone. The proof is in recent history. After acquiring DirectTV, AT&T didn’t waste much time before raising the price of its streaming service as well as certain data plans. And when Charter acquired Time Warner Cable, all hell broke loose. We can’t go back to the days when mobile phones were exclusive to the rich, especially now that they’re most people’s only phone and internet connection. People of color and people with lower incomes disproportionately choose T- Mobile and Sprint brands instead of AT&T and Verizon. If T-Mobile merges with Sprint, the newly-formed conglomerate will likely shift toward the approach of AT&T and Verizon, which will hurt their customers and push out the most vulnerable people in our society. —Allan Fix, Albany, CA
You are the most criminally insane fcc the country has ever had. I would love to reach through this page and twist your head off and shove it up your ass!!! —Gene Webb, Bodfish, CA
I fear decreasing competition and rising pricing power in the telcoms. At what point will they determine what form of government they prefer to have over us? —Peter Rogan, Royal Oak, MI
NO MORE MONOPOLIES!! —Paul J Palla, Greencastle, PA
Free Press This is an ill-advised merger guaranteed to raise prices on current and future T-mobile customers. Reject this merger. —Andrew May, Thurmont, MD
T'is an open attempt at monopoly. —George & Linda M V. Williams, Hudson,, FL
Whatever happened to the principle of competition that required AT&T to be split into a myriad of nuisance small phone companies that ended up causing lousy phone service for all? Let's keep competition that looks helpful in the mobile phone business. —Karen Carney, Spencertown, NY
Gigantic corporations are a threat to our great country. —Brett O'Sullivan, Denver, CO
Please do not return our country to business monopolies. —Barbara L. Winner, Arnold, MD
Enough with the monopolistic consolidation already! —Laurie "Ryan" Norton, Durango, CO
This merger is just one step closer to complete monopoly and pricing lower income households out of the market. Allowing this merger is voting against many of our citizens in favor of profits for a few. Let's start thinking of the country instead of profits for a few, at the expense of many,. —Richard Nelson, Las Vegas, NV
Cricket —Donna Kinsey, New Port Richey, FL
We don't need more monopolies. We need better service and better prices from our telecom companies. —Victoria Neff, ANN ARBOR, MI
Please. No more kissing up to corporations. —David Chu, Easthampton, MA sprint sucks! —Stephanie Burgett, Sioux Falls, SD
Thank you. —Rev. Allan B. Jones, Santa Rosa, CA
Protect affordability and wide access to the internet... a mega merger is not in the best interest of the people. —Jean Cassels, New Orleans, LA
In this case bigger is NOT better! This merger could mean 'too big to hear the people!'! —Charlotte Koons, Northport, NY
Free Press It is a race, class and income issue. We need the competition to keep prices down. Please deny this merger. It will harm the majority of americans that are already struggling to make ends meet. —Holly Fingerle, Olympia Fields, IL
Any merger like this just leads to monopolies that restrict free-market competition. —Susan Rogers, Grass Valley, CA
I guess our families relationship would be over with t-mobile —Lorraine Freeman, Spokane, WA
This merger will just mean less competition with wireless communications. With less competition means higher prices. Reject this merger!!! —Carolyn Camputaro, Tucson, AZ
-TDF —Timothy Franson, Woburn, MA
When I finally started cell service I specifically chose Sprint because it was not the largest or even second-largest carrier, because I do not trust them. Now I fear that a Sprint / T-Mobile will be just like them. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration. —Frederick J. Mackey, Denver, CO
No more monopolies!!! —Mandi Woronowicz, Brookfield, IL
Anti-trust, much ??? —Randall S Blanchard, Kennett Square, PA
More and more monopolies are being formed which will be bad for customers —Bobbie Knight, Denver, CO
Avoid consolidation! —Larry Bramlett, Marana, AZ
These proposed mergers are part of a thrust for a 2 tier society with one tier as an underclass... What happened to anti-trust & competition? Mr Pai's biases are transparent, unconscionable, oligarchical and anti-democratic! Do the right thing and preserve competition to uplift all Americans! —T Taylor, New York, NY
If this goes all the way through, T-Mobile will be losing a customer of over 14 years, the rates for both Sprint's and T-Mobile's customers WILL go up (regardless of what the reps of either company tries to tell you) due to the sudden decrease in competition, and a great many employees of both T-Mobile and Sprint will become unemployed due to the sudden redundancy of positions created by the merger. mergers like this, regardless of the kind of businesses involved, are ALWAYS a really bad idea and must be stopped. —JT Smith, Sellersville, PA
If anything, the companies with oligopoly presence should be required to break up into competing interests. Monopoly control of an industry should never even be approached for the sake of competition and lower consumer prices. —Paul Pokorny, Lombard, IL
Free Press People need affordable mobile service. Protect us, not corporate profit. —Grace Hodges, Helena, MT
The proposed merger will give consumers less choice and it should not be approved. —Janet Robinson, Boca Raton, FL
Cell phone industry needs more companies and competition not less —Rob wells, Lake oswego, OR
Bigger entities produced by mergers such as T=Mobile and Sprint simply make the ordinary person have fewer choices and higher prices. Please reject this merger. —Patricia Montee, CHARLOTTE, NC
As a T Mobile customer, I’m really disappointed in them for trying to stoop to this level. —Ken Rizzo, Reseda, CA
More mergers that are bad for consumers but loved by Pai. —Richard Kasputis, PARKVILLE, MD
The USA needs more companies, not less! —D J Shute, Englewood, CO
We either need competition or fully regulated monopolies to serve the public. With the current agenda of de-regulation, monopolies would be a disaster for the public. The only option is more competition. No more big mergers, and break up some of the near monopolies that already exist. —Larry Lawton, Aberdeen, WA
Please don't *assume* every person in the USA has or wants either a cell phone or a smartphone. That level of bigotry isn't acceptable. —BSN D. Janiece Staton Retired RN MSW, MAT, Beaverton, OR
THE TRAITORS TRUMP AND PENCE: IMPEACH, PROSECUTE, AND IMPRISON FOR LIFE THE MORALLY REPUGNANT TRAITORS AND CAREER CRIMINALS TRUMP AND PENCE AND ALL THEIR EQUALLY REPUGNANT AND INHUMANE APPOINTEES AND OTHER ETHICALLY BANKRUPT (mostly REPUBLICAN) CRIMINAL CREATURES WHO HAVE AIDED AND ABETTED THESE TRAITORS TO AMERICA! —Harold Johnsen, Hammond, IN
I just became a T-Mobile customer by way of MetroPCS. —Benjamin H Sibelman, Seattle, WA
We need more competition in the communications area, not less! —Stan Zeichner, Columbus NJ, NJ
This merger sounds like it would not be a good idea. —Stephen Haspel, Philadelphia, PA
I use verizon and hate being slowed down. —Laurie Azzoto, Liverpool, NY
Free Press I am with cricket. wasconsidering switching to T-mobile. —Eugenio Longoria, Edinburg, TX
I am on a fixed income. Without competition like T- Mobile I will not be able to afford a mobile phone. Stop the predators from buying up the competition, and at least pretend we have an open market place. —Madonna Young, Laguna Hills, CA
I can't afford to pay any more than what I'm paying now! —Christine Pylypowycz, Chicago, IL
As a Sprint shareholder this deal is good for me. As an American this deal is bad for my country and our fellow Americans. Let’s do the right thing. Kill the deal. Thank you —Yoav Getzler, Valley Village, CA
No to this Merger. More competition needed not less. —Brennan J Baranska, TAMPA, FL
IF BREAKING UP MA BELL WAS A GOOD IDEA, WHY ARE YOU NOW CREATING MEGA-COMPANIES AGAIN? DON'T DO IT. IT IS BAD FOR CONSUMERS.COMPETITION IS GOOD AND THER SHOULD BE MORE OF IT NOT LESS. —Barbara Caso, rocky hill, CT
This would hurt many subscribers by raising the prices due to the lack of competition —Michael McGee, Montgomery, AL do the right thing ..people over profit...…….. —Cf Massey, brooklyn, NY impeach traitor trump now —Richard Kunkel, wadsworth, OH
Sorry, "to big to fail" is outdated, so drop the B.S. and let people decide who they want! —Russell Riley, Pensacola, FL
Not onlyk should this merge not be allowed to proceed, but those which have taken place within the last 5 years need to be disbanded. equal distribution of service area must be divided between the previous companies. —Daniel L. Hulseapple, Middletown, NY
Healthy competition belongs in the mobile broadband industry. Keep it there by rejecting this merger. —Karen Wilson, vallejo, CA
Consolidation does not help consumers, just corporations and the people who own them. —Alexander Clayton, Denver, CO
DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL! Akk any of you bastards want is MONEY! Not caring in the least about LIVING! —Kelly Arellanes, Bryant, AR
Free Press This is Putin territory —William Shields, Little Rock, AR
My opinions of you are not fit to print. —Barbara Fry, Alton, IL
Metro Pcs —William Frenger, Spokane, WA
We need more competition between carriers not less. Please don't allow this to happen. I have been with T-mobile since the very beginning because of their fair, affordable, service and pricing. All the good they did will mean nothing once the the competition is reduced. This is not good for them or anyone else. —D Roberts, Seattle, WA
How much more concentration of power can our democracy stand??? —Jeanne R. Thatcher, Chico, CA
We DO NOT NEED ANOTHER MEGA-MERGER. IS always bad for the majority of Americans!!! CEO's just rake in the profits!!! —Linda Mattusch, Boulder, CO
This merger will harm competition and it must be stopped! —Eliot Schickler, Brookline, MA
We need more competition, not less. —David Scrimenti, Ansonia, CT
LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE! —Janice Lynx, Astoria, NY
What changed, Mr. Legere? Got a case of the "Must keep up with the Joneses"? Guess what, in reality, the Joneses are losers. —Ms. Anne del Prado, Freeport, TX
Try to be just a little bit democratic —Katlyn Stranger, San Rafael, CA
This merger will just increase prices to tmobile and sprint customers —Eric, Tacoma, WA
This is really sad news. I'm barely being able to afford being with T-Mobile now. —Vickie, Yuba City, CA
Colossal Corporations are destroying our environment, taking our tax cuts and working to control the market place so they can price gouge. —Linda Stead, Talent, OR
My carrier is CREDO, which uses the Sprint network. This deal would likely affect my business adversely me as well. —Ronald Chennault, Chicago, IL
Free Press Not that you tools of the rich will do the right thing, as shown by your fool of a leader. —Kyle Kleckner, Berkley, MI
Ajit Pai is a miserable shill and this merger is a disaster-in-waiting for the common folk. —Victor Plaza, Palm Bay, FL
Bigger is NOT necessarily better. —Robert J. Whitney, Cudahy, WI
Protect the American people from monopolistic greedy corporations. Reject the T-Mobile/Sprint merger. —Jesse Bernhardt, Peosta, IA
We need competition, not mergers. —Richard England, Beaverton, OR
We need more companies, not fewer crooked ones —Tevet Tee, Los Angeles, CA
All these firms are thinking monetary gain and not thinking about the consumers. They are all disgusting disgraceful evil parasitic savages!!!!! —Guadalupe Yanez, El Paso, TX
ENOUGH! STOP THIS JERK PAI!! HE DOES NOT WORK FOR THE OTHER 98%!!! —Mary Mobley, Live Oak, FL, FL
Please don’t do it pls —John bryant, New Orleans, LA
MONOPOLIES KILL COMPETITION! —Dona LaSchiava, Tucson, AZ
No more inti-comepetetive consolidation. —Gerald Brees, Marysville, WA
What we need is fewer MONOPOLIES and more COMPETITION! Isn't THAT what makes Capitalism WORK? —Joanne Robrahn, Palm Coast, FL
Greed is never ok! —Don and Leslie T Bush, Cherryfield, ME
Monopolies are illegal ! —Samantha Hubbard, Lima, NY
Tmobile only cares about their money and that's all.. customer service in Tennessee call center refuses to help and corporate does nothing either! —Brandon, Wixom, MI
Free Press T-mobile has been a force for honest customer service all along. Please don’t upset that situation. —Ed Averill, Beaverton, OR
ISP's like T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T to name a few are merging so that they can limit the field to only a few major ISP companies and control the prices. When they have eliminated the small companies we will have no choice in a companies with internet that fits our budget and needs. We will all have to pay huge amounts of money with little choice in a rigged system. —Michael MacPherson, Milbridge, ME
My bill is already high —Roy Quezada, San Antonio, TX
Consolidation is not good for the USA. —Barbara Mullin, Lewes, DE
I am a T-Mobile customer and I am worried that this merger will take away a lot of choices. —Linda Cameron, Richland, WA
There are barely enough cell phone companies to provide a bare minimum of competition for cellphone service let alone a healthy, competitive market. T-Mobile is not a failing company that needs a rescue to survive. This merger should not be allowed. —Claire Sasahara, Somerville, MA
Please, don't allow this to happen! —Mark Hargett, Chicago, IL
Our Democracy suffers from monopolies. Why be so greedy? How much is enough money once you gain enough for multi million dollar properties, sailing ships, etc? Do you have a conscience for the downtrodden living in the same time, on the same planet? —Gail Barton, Naches, WA
Stand for competition and not greater conglomerates. Competition drives better productions and lower prices. —Wally Minnick, Hagerstown, MD
No merger —Mike Stacksburger, West Babylon, NY
I am a brain injury survivor on full disability. I have a plan with T-mobile with 2 phones/lines. As it is right now, I am paying $160 per month for our phones and service. Our cellphones are NOT an option, as I need mine because of my health issues, and I run an online brain injury awareness page; my soon to be husband needs his phone as he works for the Department of Transportation of South Carolina as a supervisor. We really cannot afford to pay more than what we are, and if T-mobile raises their rates, we will be seeking another cellphone company to do business with once our contract is up in 9 months. I have been a loyal customer for a number of years, but will not hesitate to chance carriers if I am forced to pay a higher rate. —Debbie Walker, Lancaster, SC
You've stopped mega-mergers like these before and you can do it again. —Judge Daniel, Bradenton, FL
Not just no, HELL NO —Jim Simons, Austin, TX
Free Press Concentration of communication companies is dangerous and marginalizes the poor. —Claudia Wold, Seattle, WA
T-Mobile should sprint away from Sprint as fast as greased lightning. —John Soos, Cuba, MO
I believe this merger is too expensive and creates a larger control of service pricing by one company. Please reject this merger. —Debra Beene, Austin, TX
Stop the madness! —Rodrigo Gomez, Miami, FL no more —Nicolina Contardo, Hamilton, NJ ever hear of competition? or a monopoly —Patrick Archer, Seattle, WA
Putting profits over people and deciding not to protect your consumers from unfair high prices and ridding the No-Credit Check plan from your offerings are just plain greedy. This merger would be the absolutely wrong way to go and harms the very people that need a break. Apparently in our "new" economic system only the rich get a break. Please stop the merger. —Charlotte Jones, Elmhurst, IL
More competition, not less... —Dan Crowell, Portland, OR
These mergers never benefit the customers, only the businesses bottom line. Maybe it's time to give something to the customers, especially those less well off. —Rand A. Martin, Denison, TX
I'm a T-Mobile customer and I oppose this merger. —Shelly D'Amour, Santa Cruz, CA
More competition, not less. —Daniel N Crowell, Olympia, WA
No more mega corporations that leave us with few options and at the mercy of their greed for money and power. —Ms. Chris Casper, Stevens Point, WI
Have MetroPCS. Owned by T-Mobile. Guess I will need to change carriers. —Sheila Decora, Los Angeles, CA
Impeach trump, republicans are traitors —Mike harris, Austin, TX
Monopoly is being created. —Heidi Wood, Greeley, CO
Free Press NO DAMN F'N MERGER . ;-0 —Mr. Evans Evans, Clovis, CA
Reject this deal. It is not in the best interests of consumers. Just another greed ploy. —Lynda C Parkhurst, Saint Augustine, FL
I’m voting democratic to put your party’s corruption under control I’m November. —Arik McGraw, Madison, WI
I can't afford a contract phone even now —Brenda London, Seattle, WA
We do not need anymore "megacompanies." Have we learned nothing from the many that have failed??! —Aaron Smith, Chicago, IL
Bring back the "mom and pop" shops...... —Christopher Flynn, San Jose, CA
As a T-Mobile customer (for 18 years, starting when they were called Voice Stream), i am gravely concerned about this potential merger. T- Mobile is the only company i can afford for the services I need, including the hotspot that I rely on to access internet on my laptop at home. This merger would increase my costs in a budget that is already stretched. I urge you not to support this merger. —Andrea Quijada, Albuquerque, NM
Stop the greed.!.!. —Rick Stewart, Sacramento, CA
There is of course, potentially, positive value associated with large scale enterprise.... But the fundamental purpose of a corporation is to contribute to the common good -- NOT to expand endlessly, nor to try to attain unlimited dominance and control.... —David P. Miller, Elkton, MD
This is yet another case of big business steamrolling the interests of the public. If this merger is allowed, we, the people, will fight as long as it takes to reverse it. Please spare us the struggle. —Leila Zai, San Diego, CA
James K Hadcroft here. We remember Merrick Garland. I stand with you when you stand for me. No appointments or executive orders until Tax Returns, Paradise Papers, Sexual Allegations, Helsinki and Independent investigation into Russian ties!!! Stop the fascist takeover of America. Impeach, Charge, Convict and Imprison d trump and his cohorts. I'm afraid people stopped remembering, HOW, WW II came about. People often wondered how democratic Germany became a fascist nation. The answer is a crazy man backed by the uber wealthy. Just like America's current scenario. When one looks closely enough it is obvious that national socialist philosophy now informs and drives the republican party. If you watch documentaries from Germany in the 1930s-40s you will see brent kavanaugh presiding over court sessions that appear to be a farce taking place on a stage. Not physically brent but judges that have the same moral code laughing at and mocking the accused. And what they are charged with is as abominable as the treatment they are receiving. Regards, James K Hadcroft Veteran, Active Voter, Progressive, Taxpayer —James K Hadcroft, Falmouth, MA
I am a T-Mobile user and I do not support this merger. I joined T-Mobile to get way from At&T and Sprint —Paula Sjunneson, Seattle, WA
Free Press Keep the internet open to all legitimate users!! Do not allow power takeovers! —Eleanor R Clark, Blue Bell, PA
Avoid monopolies that pretend to lower costs by size increases but in reality reduce competition which allows uncontrolled price increases. —Kenneth Gates, Becker, MN
We need to end monopolistic practices that hurt the economy and democracy. These big companies have WAY too much power. —David P. Margolis, Buffalo Grove, IL
When I used T-Mobile previously for a Pre-Paid account, they took $190.00 from the account. They refused to investigate what happened. —EWright Wright, Encino, CA
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It is going to be awfull if this happen...competition is the best way to an wealth economy survive —Luis Cabrera, Fort Lauderdale, FL
This is a disservice to those of us customers who left Sprint in our dust after years of predatory charges and contracts that locked users into unfair above market value deals. Please do not eliminate the competitive spirit that T-Mobile brought to the industry and forced on to Sprint and Verizon. Without them we would all be chained to long term contracts that do nothing but protect the interests of big business and not the customers they serve. —Jessica Tiuseco, San Marcos, CA
It is your responsibility to review this proposal and take action to reject this merger. —Thomas Pilla, Los Angeles, CA
NO TO THIS MERGER, NOT IN THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST!! —Russell F. Jones, Pahoa, HI
Citizens need quality service at affordable prices. This proposed merger will serve giant corporations, to the detriment and at the expense of honest citizens and consumers. Please reject this merger. Thank you for your kind attention to this important matter. Respectfully, Andrew Ludy —Andrew Ludy, LANDING, NJ
As a T-Mobile customer, I will be directly affected by this merger. But probably not for long, as I don't expect to continue as a customer if the merger takes place. —Cale A Millberry, Marysville, WA
The FCC is supposed to look out for the best interests of the people of our country. Please do that. Keep T-Mobile and Sprint as competitors for customers. —Rebecca Alwin, Middleton, WI not that there's hope of the right thing from the current administration. —Robert Clear, Berkeley, CA
Free Press There is too little competition in the cellphone market already, while prices are already high. As it is, I have t-mobile, but can't afford unlimited data, having instead to choose the cheapest package and save what little data I have in case of emergency. Consolidation of two of the larges companies will only cause price gauging. —Frank Marshalek, bloomington, IN
I switched to T-Mobile to avoid this sort of thing! I'm so done with all these corporations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! —Karen Alexander-Brown, Portland, OR
Just switched to T-Mobile to get away from the other corrupt corporate phone carriers. We need more choices not more corporate greed and consolidation. —Julia Dalton, New York, NY
STOP this enabling of corporations' getting rid of competition by absorbing competitors! —Cara L. Campbell, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Don't merge TMobile and Sprint! —Virginia Volker, nirmingham, AL
Merging these two carriers will raise costs for everyone by eliminating much needed competition from the wireless market —Robert Soper, Portland, OR
If Sprint and T-Mobile are allowed to merge, that will mean less competition. History shows us that every time consolidation like this happened, customers were hurt by higher prices and worse customer service. Where are our anti-trust laws, and why are they not being used to stop this merger? —Kristin Kerrigan, Newport Beach, CA sick of the kind of crummy service mergers always bring. —Judith Hendricks, Santa Fe, NM
Please stop the merger of t-mobile and sprint —James K. Thrasher, Lakewood, OH
Metropcs —Austin T Bailey, Seminole, FL more robber baron monopoly —J Talbot, austin, TX
Money isn’t everything. Don’t compromise your integrity. —JeNya B, Pompano Beach, FL
ASSHOLE PAI ONLY KNOWS HOW TO CONTINUE PHUCKING UP THE SYSTEM. —Miriam Baum, Alta Loma, CA
I reject the idea of the Sprint and mobile merger. The market needs healthy competition to keep prices affordable. Reject the merger, or prepare to be replaced with officials that will fight for the people. —Will Mansfield, Diberville, MS
Free Press We must have viable competition to keep the duopoly honest —Ed Ermler, Jackson Heights, NY
No merger, no compromise, no back room deals. —Arnold W Levi Sr, SB, CA
I might just leave T-Mobile and boycott them if this merger goes through!! —Noel W. Barnes, Renton, WA
It seems that FCC is partisan and looking out for the financial interest interest of the already intense wealthy few verses the United States citizenry. Fix Your house. —Dean Hernandez, San Francisco, CA
Let FREEDOM... Ring! —B Maddigan, Middleboro, MA
Corporations still trying to become monopolies! NO, NO, NO! —Diane Keeter, Brookline, MO
Pai is a liar. —Pamela Askew, dallas, TX
Also, why isn't Jeff Sessons in prison? —Don Pew, Girard, OH
We need more competition in telecommunications, not less. —Jesse B McDermid, Altoona, IA
The last thing we need is fewer choices. —Jason Lomeli, Renton, WA
We've had anti trust laws in place for decades and it's time we start thinking about the consumer's rights instead of the corporations. —Daniel Collazo, Tucson, AZ
Sprint is ass bruh —Malik Robinson, Hampton, VA
It appears no one is looking out for us anymore. This merger would be disastrous for us and more money and control by the big giant AT&T. AT&T want to control all the communication avenues in the United States and we would have to dance to their beat with higher cost and no customer service. It would put other companies at an unfair advantage because of reduced competition in the market. —Henry Washington, Travelers Rest, SC
Are you kidding me? —Gregory C Peterson, Fairfield, CA
Free Press T-Mobile has been vital in getting phones to people who otherwise don't have them, in poorer neighborhoods. We want to make the big guys emulate it! —Gertrude Reagan, Palo Alto, CA
NO COMPETITION MEANS HIGHER PRICES AND FEWER CHOICES! —Desda Monaghan, Palm Desert, CA
I don't know about higher prices (my monthly fee is already high!) but we don't need these huge conglomerates-- We are already seeing the destruction that power concentrated in too few hands is doing. —Mary Sue Meads, Oakland, CA
We say "NO WAY". —Alan Pachter, Blaine, MN
Reject this proposed merger! —RLBryaant, Saint Peter, MN
This is not in the best interest of the consumers —Joao P Ferreira, Norfolk, VA
This merger is a bad idea for consumers. —Brenda Murphy, North Andover, MA
Stand for the people who elected you not corporations! —Ronald Stearns, CLEARWATER, NE
How stupid are we that we can’t remember what a bad idea these mega-corporations always turn out to be? —Michael DAvis, Stone Mountain, GA
Oppose this merger you corrupted son of a bitch. —Matthew S Melin, San Diego, CA
No merger! We need more phone carriers not less. Everyone has a cell phone, they would have way too much power. —Tyler Wade, Louisville, KY
We need more competition, not less. The Sprint merger will result in less service options and higher prices for everyone. —Jamie Morgan, Menlo Park, CA
Way too many monopolies & duopolies already. Whatever happened to the idea of competition ? —Don Geckle, Southington, CT stop —Kolton Griz, ,
Thank you! —Mary Higgins, Beverly, MA
Free Press I have been a T-Mobile customer since 2012. If this merger is approved, I will cancel my plan and take my families' plans. —Thomas Ray Garcia, Pharr, TX
I'm a T-Mobile customer of many years, and if this merger goes through I will look for a smaller provider to switch to. I prefer to support competition in the market by not doing business with overly large businesses with too great of a market share, like AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Apple, etc. —Debra Slater, Portland, OR a merger would raise prices which would then make people on fixed incomes and minimum wage not be able to afford having a phone which is not a luxury in today's world...stop the merger —Ms. Pat Benabe, Lawrence, KS
Reducing customer choices is always negative for consumers, it goes against the very idea of Free Market Capitalism. —Jacob Jones, Glendale, AZ
It's the saddest thing I've seen this is a Scam where this current administration is trying to profit for their own benefit to get rich. While putting many at risk at losing everything they work so had for! Do not pass this Scam Tax or Repeal our health, social security. If you want to make America Great then do something for the People not Coporate companies. They are putting Lives at Risk. It's sad to see someone who claims they are sucessful to go around being Bitter from something that happened in your past, possible starts from his mom who wasn't always present in your life doesn't give you the right to destroy other lives! The whole Trump Administration Should be ashmed of themselves Playing with People's Lives. They have gone over board Corrupt Criminals in the White House. Never have seen such Discusting acts! For those who Discriminate they should reverse rolls an live the lives of the ones they discriminate see if they like being treated that way! Sad how Trump has gotten away with everything No Boundaries, gives him what he wants like a spoiled child makes him think he's above the Law he can do as he pleases. If it were a Minority as President or Democrat he would've been long gone impeached! We Have Criminals in the White House who are getting away with everything that Others Wouldn't! Trump with whole administration is a Disgrace to Human Race something you'd see straight out of a Horror Movie Trump Will Sell out Anyone when it comes to Money is Key with Trump Doesn't care for anyone but Money & Fame! That entire Administration has committed despicable acts and getting away with it, Destroying our country will keeping themselves rich! Anyone who has ties to Trump should be Investigated!! —Elena Belias, Queens Village, NY
Do not allow this merger! —Glen B Tillman, Kinston, NC
Just say NO to this merger. —Sue Cook, Seattle, WA
Quit making the market NON COMPETITIVE!!!! —Frank Ackerman, Walnut Creek, CA
We do not need another high-cost service with fewer options and bad service. We need more and smaller companies that must compete to be our service provider, that will lower rates so everyone can afford them, and compete on the quality of services they provide. Please reject fewer choices for the American people. Vote with us to eliminate the digital divide you claim you want to achieve! —Rita Reisman, nutley, NJ
Free Press As a 58 year-old woman, I'm still not able to afford a smart phone. I have been looking at plans and there aren't enough to accommodate the lower-income individual. More mergers mean fewer choices for all, and it shouldn't be allowed on a regular basis unless it's a good deal for consumers. We aren't just a capitalistic society; we hurt the less advantaged on a daily basis. Mergers of this nature are bad for our country. If we were to use the standards of democratic socialism (still maintaining the positives of gaining wealth, while protecting the most vulnerable), we would be in a far better place than we are today... —Deborah Gostin, San Diego, CA
I'm a T-Mobile customer, and I denounce this merger. —Mark Anders Melin, Seattle, WA
I ask you to abide by the purpose and mission of the FCC by protecting people, not corporate power and corporate profits. —Susan Lippman, Austin, TX
Stop the merger!!! —Tlaloc Tokuda, kailua kona, HI
Stop this greedy and dangerous merger! You are supposed to do what is right for the people, not greedy corporations and the ultra wealthy. —Lori Bright, Asheville, NC
I am completely disgusted by all the greed. —Nancy Woolley, Stoughton, MA
No to this merger and apply our anti-trust laws! —Pan Welland, Florence, MA
We want more competition, not more mega monopolies! The FCC is failing the American people! First it was the Fairness Doctrine. Then the Ownership Rules. Then net neutrality, and now more mega monopolies! Enough! Start working for the American people, not the corporations! —Jeff Tatom, Grants Pass, OR
Do not merge —Adam Wilcox, Surprise, AZ
More competition is better. Look at what happened when Canada only had 3 carriers. —Charles C Marye, germantown, MD
F.C.C.: STOP THE MONOPOLIZATION OF OUR TELEPHONE MARKET. PROTECT EQUAL TELEPHONE COMPETITION. —William G Gonzalez, Suffern, NY
I've been a T-Mobile for many years because it offered me access to a mobile phone I could afford. I urge you not to allow it to become another mega company unaffordable to many of us. —Brad Buckner, Littleton, CO
OPPOSED to mergers that lead to less competition and fewer options for consumers. —Kevin Allemann, Harrisburg, MO
As a T-Mobile customer, I urge you not to go through with this merger. —Kerwin L. Schaefer, New Bern, NC
Free Press These mergers are simply recreating the monopolies of the past. —Joseph Taibi, Independence, MO
I am a T-Mobile customer, and I feel that this deal would be terrible for competition. Please reject the merger. —Alisa, Henderson, NV
Hell NO !!!! —T Garmon, Dawsonville, GA
Greed! —Susan Walls, New Castle, PA
I am a T-mobile customer and I do not view this merger as a positive change. —Matt Kuhns, Lakewood, OH
Leave a legacy that all the future generations of your family can really be proud of you for !! —Bo Svensson, Santa Rosa, CA
There comes a point when we need to say NO to mergers. Making another giant communication company is a big mistake. These giant corporations are just too powerful and control too much of our communication system. It just has to stop. R.Sheets —Ruth Sheets, Brookhaven, PA
No merger!!!! —Laurajane Zimmer-Reed, Boulder, CO do not pass the power to mega corporations by these kind of merger. it is killing our economy and equality. —Dinmani Savla, mountain view, CA
I prefer free competition not monopolies or price rigging among a few. —John Carroll, Portland, OR
Stop the merger. T-Mobile is great the way it is. —Cindy Lance, Honolulu, HI
We need fewer monopolies not more. —Patricia Goldsmith, Hudson, NY
I will personally be affected by this merger! I cannot afford higher prices. Cell phones and the service is a necessity these days and costs are already out of control! Stop this merger. —Vickie Gonsoulin, Moultrie, GA
I am a longtime T-Mobile customer, by the way. —Susan M Gilroy, Cambridge, MA
Please don't hinder competition. The merger will result in higher prices and less consumer choices and protections. —Mariko Yannacone, Palm Bay, FL
Free Press I am a T-Mobile customer. I recently left Sprint because of the rising prices. Don't them them go through with a merger that will hurt me and every other person who relies on ANY phone company. —Laura Bassett, Salt lake city, UT
Do your job. You are the employee of the people of this country. YOU work for US - NOT for the telecommunications corporations. Do your job or RESIGN! —Molly Karpin, Philadelphia, PA
Market solutions only work when consumers have choices. —Dawn Friedman, Howard Beach, NY
Stop the T-Mobile/Sprint merger and protect the public from greedy corporations. —Myrna Swart, Boynton Beach, FL
Protect communication consumers from the threat of decreasing free market competition! Reject the T-Mobile and Sprint merger! —Mark A Harding, KENNESAW, GA
I've been a member for a long time now and demand no merger, to make my rates increase and features disappear! —Dennis Crabtree, Saint David, ME
Whatever happened to laws about cartels and monopolies?? —Nancy Dean, Norwich, VT
2 for 1 isn’t always a good deal. —A W, seattle, WA
And also? Y'all should know better. this is anti-monopoly law 101 —Harrison Taylor, Ivoryton, CT
Any move toward monopolistic consolidation hurts the public interest. Time for it to stop. —Dr. Peter van Der Ven, Seattle, WA
We already have only a handful of large carriers. Market consolidation is not how we get innovation - John Legere even said this himself last year. Entrepreneurship and competition are how consumers get better deals and better products. Please reject the merger so that we continue to see great products and service. —Masaru Oka, Madison, WI
These mergers never produce better service but always include price increases. Stop approving these mergers and protect the consumers. —Ann E. Wales, Bellingham, WA
The less the costlier. —Drew and Susan Lindhoff, Lilburn, GA
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!! STOP THIS MERGER!! —Karen Laakaniemi RN Laakaniemi, Pensacola, FL
Free Press Please don’t approve this merger. Thank you —Maureen McMeekin, San Francisco, CA
THE NEW WORLD ORDER BEGAN WITH REAGAN , TRICKLE DOWN REALLY MEANT INSIDE TRADING , MARKET MANIPULATION BY CONGRESS (HENCE THE FIRST TERM 1 YEAR INSTANT ELECTED MILLIONAIRE RANKS OF CORRUPTION) WALL STREET PREDATORS , THE 1% FINANCIERS , GOLDMAN SACHS LAUNDRY SERVICE TO CLEAN UP MONIES PILLAGED BY CONGRESS FOR THEIR NEW EMPLOYERS , HENCE DONALD TRUMP LIAR , THIEF , CONMAN WHO HAS ACTUALLY EXPLAINED UNKNOWINGLY HOW HE IS STEALING TRILLIONS FROM US ALL , BUT HE THE NEW HITLER HAS IT ALL , THE NEW AMERICA HATE REGIME —Ronald Buchanan, Quincy, MA
I agree with this statement. More choices are better for customers. —Nick Dobbins, fredericksburg, VA
I am a t-mobile customer. —Robert J Byrne, Staten Island, NY
Seriously bro? Come on man. —Shanell, Far rockaway, NY
T-mobiles service , especially in their 611 dept . has already gotten worse and their attitude is bad towards me and their other customers. I can only imagine how much worse they would get after a merger. —Steve Hancock, Louisville, KY
We once broke up AT&T because it became to big. Now we seem to be going in the opposite direction. Smaller is better for competition. —Mr. R. Michael Ehr, Milwaukee, WI
We need MORE competition, not mega mergers creating LESS competition! —Rudy Avizius, Cherry Hill, NJ no sell out —Colleen Brown, Hernando, FL
I see very little in this merger proposal that will benefit my family as users. —Christine Landon, Mountlake Terrace, WA please stopthe trend toward monopoly -especially dangerous to democracy in the commnications world —Ag Heimert, Wiinchester, MA
We need competition. —Alan Dieringer, Seattle, WA
The proposed merger will seriously impair mobile phone acess to millions of people! —Stephanie Hagen, Bonney Lake, WA