I say down with MVNOs. This is not a very good idea quite yet as none of the cellular networks here in America ---- especially the GSM ones --- are nearly as mature as they need to be to handle this type of service. Imagine trying to to use this over EDGE which still makes up a majority of the AT&T network, and we all know that T-Mobile is just rolling out their 3G network. Regardless, I think this will one day be the way every carrier operates, but for now it's a bad idea, not to mention that MVNOs are fundamentally just bad ideas altogether, unless they're really backed by the carrier. The only ones that come to mind as still existing here are Boost Mobile (which is pretty well supported by Sprint), Virgin Mobile (including the Helio division) (likewise), and Tracfone (including Net 10) (which always was the MVNO powerhouse due to partnerships with WalMart and the like). Otherwise, it continues to be a dying breed and, I feel, will continue to be..... the people behind the company are fools; now is especially not the time to start an MVNO.
Tracfone would do good without Walmart there already owned by a phone company America Movil; they could say fuck Walmart and still do good through all the other stores they sell in there's no real chance there going anywhere more likely they could pickup Sprint or one of the small carriers and rename it Tracfone.
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I say down with MVNOs. This is not a very good idea quite yet as none of the cellular networks here in America ---- especially the GSM ones --- are nearly as mature as they need to be to handle this type of service. Imagine trying to to use this over EDGE which still makes up a majority of the AT&T network, and we all know that T-Mobile is just rolling out their 3G network. Regardless, I think this will one day be the way every carrier operates, but for now it's a bad idea, not to mention that MVNOs are fundamentally just bad ideas altogether, unless they're really backed by the carrier. The only ones that come to mind as still existing here are Boost Mobile (which is pretty well supported by Sprint), Virgin Mobile (including the Helio division) (likewise), and Tracfone (including Net 10) (which always was the MVNO powerhouse due to partnerships with WalMart and the like). Otherwise, it continues to be a dying breed and, I feel, will continue to be..... the people behind the company are fools; now is especially not the time to start an MVNO.
Tracfone would do good without Walmart there already owned by a phone company America Movil; they could say fuck Walmart and still do good through all the other stores they sell in there's no real chance there going anywhere more likely they could pickup Sprint or one of the small carriers and rename it Tracfone.