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I don't think T-Mobile had much choice in the matter did they? Didn't they have to go with AWS because all the regular 3G spectrum was already spoken for? I wonder what this will mean for the future of the AWS band and its phones. A lot of smaller carriers around the world were only able to get AWS spectrum and as a result are very limited in their phone selection (no iPhones for example). Either this is viewed as the death of a 34 million subscriber AWS network, thus killing any hope for an AWS iPhone, or it is viewed as the creation of a 130 million subscriber AWS network, increasing the likelihood of seeing AWS versions of more phones. It depends on AT&T's strategy and whether or not they push for AWS devices and use the network to offload current congestion or not. http://www.wifitalk.ca/uncategorized/att-acquires-t-mobile-usa/

You can kind of get google voice in Canada with a workaround. It's not pretty and not exactly perfectly usable, but it can be done. The free text messaging is nice, and free long distance is okay if you don't care about receiving calls to a US number. You can also get the app in Canada quite easily with a very simple workaround.

You can kind of get google voice in Canada with a workaround. It's not pretty and not exactly perfectly usable, but it can be done. The free text messaging is nice, and free long distance is okay if you don't care about receiving calls to a US number. You can also get the app in Canada quite easily with a very simple workaround.