Uh uh.
Many, many times you'll find the non-wireline carriers ("A" band carriers) did just this - and they went in underfunded whereas the Bell/Wireline ventures (cellular "B" band) were fully funded ...
I worked for an A-bander and Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems was our competitor in this market. For years the A-band stunk and there was a wholesale change-out of the cellular infrastructure equipment from Mororola (it stunk) to Ericsson RBS884 series gear that was capable of digital ...
AT&T has the most complaints on file of any cell phone network.
Your local service may vary.