Trump may launch Trump-branded mobile phone and a wireless service that could compete with the likes of Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile.
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If he actually launches a Trump phone service, it’s going to be a MVNO that just piggy backs off the main operators’ infrastructure. It’s not like he or his idiot sons are going to buy spectrum and build towers.
He wouldn’t really be competing with T-Mobile, Verizon, or AT&T. He’d be competing with Boost Mobile and companies like that.
You're missing the point. The admin has full control over spectrum licensing. This means Trump could easily have the FCC just revoke all other spectrum licenses for cellphone comms, and just forcibly seize those towers. Don't look at it like it's going to operate like a corporation, because I promise you it won't.
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Sounds like a great way to surveil everyone.
I've got bad news about your phone.
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Who could forget the op-ed Carter wrote for The Onion.
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Wasn't Starlink experimenting with phone calls? Could be a deal with Elon.
Yeah, but I doubt they're close to having the capacity to offer full 5G service like a traditional carrier. I have T-Mobile (Deutsche Telekom‘s US subsidiary) and they have a deal with Starlink but it’s (a) in beta and (b) limited in what you can do. Unless things have changed, even when it launches, it’ll be just LTE text and voice and you need a pretty modern phone.
So, it’s not like a drop in replacement for a land-based plan where you get internet and stuff. Plus, Trump and his kids aren’t going to do any of the hard work. Even before his presidency, “Trump” was just a licensing brand and now it’s a pretty shitty brand. It’s not like the family was running Trump Steaks and packing boxes for shipment or whatever.
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First term Trump divested of most of his businesses, so this is even a departure for him
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Why did I read this in an Indian accent?
Because you have a fetish for that very very hot Indian accent? (Indian accent)
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The word “could” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence
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“Good morning and thanks for calling MAGA Mobile. Please listen to the options and make your selection for the best possible service. For Spanish, press 423 and wait for a knock on the door. For English, god bless Trump…”
... "For English, say 'God bless Trump' …”
Fixed that for you /s (... I really want off this apocalyptic ride)
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He's just dangling it out there so one of the competitors buys his "business". He doesn't actually want to make anything. It's another grift in disguise.
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It's going to be a cheap low-priority MVNO with deceptive wording to make it sound like its own independent network. Absolutely zero chance it'll be competitive in any way.
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The picture I saw of it looks 100% like the standard practice of rebranding a terrible iPhone-like android device that could only be manufactured in China. Just take a look at “luxury” phones of the early 2020s. Absolutely 100% a scam by idiots for idiots.
Mkbhd: Escobar Phone
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Yeah, but I doubt they're close to having the capacity to offer full 5G service like a traditional carrier. I have T-Mobile (Deutsche Telekom‘s US subsidiary) and they have a deal with Starlink but it’s (a) in beta and (b) limited in what you can do. Unless things have changed, even when it launches, it’ll be just LTE text and voice and you need a pretty modern phone.
So, it’s not like a drop in replacement for a land-based plan where you get internet and stuff. Plus, Trump and his kids aren’t going to do any of the hard work. Even before his presidency, “Trump” was just a licensing brand and now it’s a pretty shitty brand. It’s not like the family was running Trump Steaks and packing boxes for shipment or whatever.
Makes sense.
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Compete with but will lease their service because there is no actual competition with a barrier to entry like national cell towers.
Unless you run the country through executive orders.
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It's going to be a cheap low-priority MVNO with deceptive wording to make it sound like its own independent network. Absolutely zero chance it'll be competitive in any way.
Won’t stop the red hats from buying it out of loyalty to the Emperor.
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First term Trump divested of most of his businesses, so this is even a departure for him
Bullshit. He had his kids "run" them. Total farce.
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A president is allowed to found companies?
Either way, he sure has time on his hands.
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It's gonna be labeled as some private cell service but it actually logs everything you do in their servers and use it for some nefarious purpose.
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Won’t stop the red hats from buying it out of loyalty to the Emperor.
True. Then it'll get absorbed by one of the bigger MVNOs, or one of the main networks' prepaid services, and become a cheap subsidiary or just get dissolved completely. But by that point they'll already be onto the next grift.
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Bullshit. He had his kids "run" them. Total farce.
still more than he's doing now
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The word “could” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence
No matter what your stance on Trump is, you must agree that it isn't completely outside the realm of possibilities.
