Telecom Acquisitions Force Worse Plan Terms on Inherited Prepaid Customers
When T-Mobile acquired US Cellular, customers on grandfathered prepaid plans were told they must switch to new plans requiring autopay — breaking explicit promises made at the time of acquisition. Customers have no regulatory recourse when carriers revoke terms post-acquisition. This is a recurring pattern in telecom consolidation that leaves the lowest-spend customers with the least protection.
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