QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 20, 2011 -> 08:03 AM)
And herein lines the problem.
T-Mobile will go simply go bankrupt now. Why? Because, when the sale announcement was made public, T-Mobile stopped investing in maintaining their infrastructure in any sort of real way. They kept it running, sure, but that's about it. They also stopped clamoring to get manufacturers to make phones for them...if someone did, they didn't stop them, but they also didn't go out and actively seek new technologies/phones for their users thinking there was little to no point.
So basically, while the entire cellular industry marched forward for the last year, T-Mobile did nothing...and now, if they even wanted to attempt survival, would have to play catchup...which would basically deplete any cash they saved up. The upside for them is maybe, if they expend all of their resources, they can "possibly catch up"...the downside is, at best, they can catch up...and then have no money left to stay with the pack.
They're in trouble now.
Actually, it looks liek they've already started testing some changes to their network.