By Joe Hernandez

The telecommunications giant T-Mobile announced it's buying the budget
cell service provider Mint Mobile — best known for its ads with actor
and part-owner Ryan Reynolds. The cash-and-stock deal, which includes
two other brands, is worth $1.35 billion.

T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert said Wednesday that the company would use
its size and resources to "supercharge" Mint, which uses T-Mobile's
wireless network and offers plans for as little as $15 per month.

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/15/1163743380/t-mobile-buys-mint-mobile-ryan-reynolds

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* Some readers will remember that I publicized my disappointment
* with the way Verizon issued it's "Not quite 4G" decision and
* forced my wife to buy a new phone. She chose Consumer Cellular,
* but I had already abandoned Verizon in favor of - you guessded
* it - Mint Mobile. I've been happy with their service, but
* now I'm wondering it the next big Orgy-of-Obfuscation will
* leave me without any choice but to pony up for the full-price
* offers.
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* Bill Horne **********************************************************************

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On 3/16/2023 8:17, Bill Horne wrote:

By Joe Hernandez

The telecommunications giant T-Mobile announced it's buying the budget
cell service provider Mint Mobile — best known for its ads with actor
and part-owner Ryan Reynolds. The cash-and-stock deal, which includes
two other brands, is worth $1.35 billion.

* Moderator's Note
*
* Some readers will remember that I publicized my disappointment
* with the way Verizon issued it's "Not quite 4G" decision and
* forced my wife to buy a new phone. She chose Consumer Cellular,
* but I had already abandoned Verizon in favor of - you guessded
* it - Mint Mobile. I've been happy with their service, but
* now I'm wondering it the next big Orgy-of-Obfuscation will
* leave me without any choice but to pony up for the full-price
* offers.

I would suggest that you try CC with your wife. They offer a discount
if you have two lines with them on the same bill. I had CC at one
point, with two other family members on the plan. You can port your
same phone number over to them. CC works off of either AT&T or T-Mobile network.

The only reason I switched from CC, was because it cost me about $20/mo
for their basic plan, and I found a T-Mobile plan that only bills me 10 cents/minute, and nothing more. I primarily use my land line, so this
worked out to a cell bill that costs me under $5/mo, on average.

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