> From: Noelle <noelle> > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2019 13:42:40 -0800 (PST) > > is this your cell phone company for your phone? Yes. And Sprint is the phone company for Credo. Guess we're merging. > > Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 18:38:26 +0000 > > From: "Nilda Muhr, FreePress.net" <http://www.freepress.net/~info> > > > > Noelle, > > > > The T-Mobile/Sprint merger would raise prices for everyone — not just > > customers of these companies. And the impacts would be especially severe in > > Ca: In L.A. and Sacramento alone a majority of wireless users rely > > on T-Mobile and Sprint. > > > > Speak out now: Urge the Ca Public Utilities Commission to reject > > this deal. > > > > https://act.freepress.net/sign/tmobile_sprint_merger_ca/?t=1001&akid=11976%2E9361364%2EDImacr > > > > Thanks! > > > > Nilda > > > > --------------------------- > > > > Noelle, > > > > T-Mobile is turning its back on Cans. > > > > The company that shook up the wireless industry by ditching contracts and > > lowering costs is now pushing to merge with Sprint — a move that would lay > > off thousands of workers and disconnect the communities that rely most on > > affordable service.[1] > > > > Tell the Ca Public Utilities Commission to stop this deal in its > > tracks — before it’s too late. > > > > https://act.freepress.net/sign/tmobile_sprint_merger_ca/?t=1002&akid=11976%2E9361364%2EDImacr > > > > This merger would destroy competition and raise prices across the nation, > > but the impacts would be especially severe in Ca. For instance, in > > Los Angeles and Sacramento, a majority of wireless subscribers depend on > > Sprint and T-Mobile. > > > > Here’s the good news: The Ca Public Utilities Commission is asking > > for public input on the merger from Cans like you. It’ll be > > holding hearings across the state and accepting written comments. > > > > Use Your Voice: Tell the CPUC how this disastrous merger would impact your > > community. > > > > https://act.freepress.net/sign/tmobile_sprint_merger_ca/?t=1003&akid=11976%2E9361364%2EDImacr > > > > The Communications Workers of America (CWA) estimates that more than 3,000 > > Cans will lose their jobs if the merger is greenlit.[2] These jobs > > are mostly in retail locations, and T-Mobile and Sprint stores are clustered > > largely in low-income neighborhoods because they actually serve people who > > live there. > > > > This merger means that poor Cans would lose service or have to > > forego basic necessities to stay connected to jobs, education, health care > > and loved ones. It means that thousands of Cans would lose their > > jobs. Tell the Ca Public Utilities Commission to reject the > > T-Mobile/Sprint merger and protect the public from greedy corporations. > > > > https://act.freepress.net/sign/tmobile_sprint_merger_ca/?t=1004&akid=11976%2E9361364%2EDImacr > > > > And in their comments at the FCC, T-Mobile and Sprint aren’t even > > pretending this merger would lower prices: their own economic models show > > that prepaid prices would rise. > > > > Poor people are far more likely to rely on prepaid brands than middle- and > > high-income folks. And the reasons are really clear: These brands cost less > > and they don’t require credit checks. T-Mobile’s and Sprint’s prepaid > > brands, MetroPCS and Boost Mobile, compete with AT&T Prepaid for low-income > > customers. If this merger goes through, there will be only two national > > prepaid brands left. > > > > Protect yourself and your neighbors from having to pay more: Send the CPUC a > > comment about why the T-Mobile/Sprint merger would harm your community. > > > > https://act.freepress.net/sign/tmobile_sprint_merger_ca/?t=1005&akid=11976%2E9361364%2EDImacr > > > > Thanks for all that you do, > > > > Nilda, Collette, Lucia and the rest of the Free Press team > > freepress.net > > > > P.S. If the T-Mobile/Sprint merger is approved everyone will pay more for > > wireless service — not just customers of these companies. Urge the > > Ca Public Utilities Commission to reject this deal. > > > > https://act.freepress.net/sign/tmobile_sprint_merger_ca/?t=1006&akid=11976%2E9361364%2EDImacr