Cingular bought AT&T Wireless

[LordSnailz]

How's the reception on Cingular's GSM network? I have ATT tdma is a hell of a lot better than ATT GSM ... but the only drawback is that I have a really sucky phone cause it's tdma =(

 

[brtspears2]

Originally posted by: LordSnailz
How's the reception on Cingular's GSM network? I have ATT tdma is a hell of a lot better than ATT GSM ... but the only drawback is that I have a really sucky phone cause it's tdma =(

So. Cal, quite good.
Nor. Cal, questionable, at least it's not ATT GSM.

 

[codeyf]

Used to be an ATT employee, and finally, as of last month, am no longer a customer.

My wife had Cingular while I had ATT. They both sucked. I had a decent plan with them, and I was on their corporate sponsorship program. So free phones w/o contract and decent pricing is all that kept me there.

But reception on both was @ss. The Cingular was the worst as far as plans went. We called several times throughout our 2-yr tenure with them, and there was never anything marginally better than we were on.

Thankfully, we have since switched to T-Mobile family plans on MUCH better phones are getting MUCH better reception.

I have some friends that still work at ATT, their reactions are when it comes to $$, as their employee stock purchases just more than doubled. But as far as everything else goes, they don't know what's gonna happen. A few have already dodged lay-offs by switching departments, a few weren't so lucky.

Only time will tell.

 

[Sid59]

i knew it. and i was gonna jump ship to att wireless when my contract ended in a few months. oh well. reception with Cingular is spotty in my house. ATT Wireless reception is spotty here too. Guess ill go with Verizon.

 

[NetGuySC]

Suncom is a member of the AT&T wireless network.

What does this buyout mean since I am a SunCom customer? I really love the UnPlan I hope it stays

 

[BigSmooth]

Interesting... my contract with ATT expires in less than a month and I am ready to switch. This probably won't affect reception in the Portland market that much, though, since Cingular had no presence here to begin with. ATT's TDMA system is on the decline here and their GSM system is still developing.

It will still be interesting to see what kind of phones/plans the combined company will offer.

 

[JoeKing]

Originally posted by: TranceNation

Originally posted by: Joeyman

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: Joeyman

Originally posted by: dethman

Originally posted by: Joeyman
I hope so, I just signed my sister up for a 2 year contract :disgust:

2 years? sucker.

they threw me a deal to good to pass up (it was my old plan and just passed it along to her) 200 anytime unlimited nights/weekend, free nationwide, all the usual stuff, 50 free text messages, a free phone (no rebate), for $30 a month. She just started college so I thought 2 years would be ok.

That's a standard plan. You can get that deal from any store anywhere. BTW instruct her on not going over her minutes. I just paid $180 on my last AT&T bill

nope, the standard plan doesn't include unlimited nights and weekends, nor the 50 free texts msgs. The unlimited nights and weekends is what sealed the deal. Couldn't find that for $30 anywhere else.

lol, welcome to 2002, yes that IS the standard plan and frankly a little worse then the standard. only 200 anytime minuites? Most places I see have 300 now.

Wow and I thought it was 2004.
Check this link out and tell me what the $29.99 plan gets you

 

[dude8604]

Hmm...I'm with Locus Mobile (an ATT prepaid reseller). What does this mean for me?

 

[AMDMaddness]

Originally posted by: NetGuySC
Suncom is a member of the AT&T wireless network.

What does this buyout mean since I am a SunCom customer? I really love the UnPlan I hope it stays

You are already an AT&T customer (Suncom was absorbed by At&T through agreements a couple of years ago)...... welcome to Cingluar

 

[50]

This is great! I hope I get the kind of reception my dad does with cingular! Also can someone tell me what vodafone is?

 

[trmiv]

Also can someone tell me what vodafone is?

The largest mobile communications company in the world. They own a 45% stake in Verizon Wireless also. I've heard that China Mobile now has more subscribers, but I'm not sure if that's true

 

[geckojohn]

Cingular pwn3d AT&T now.

I'm still a happy Verizon customer!

 

[dangereuxjeux]

You can't get stuck with the new combined company if they switch plans. Any time they change the terms of your service agreement (a.k.a. make you switch plans or change your plan in any way), you are free to call up and terminate without paying the $175 termination fee. Just a heads up in case you don't like what happens after this.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: Joeyman

Originally posted by: TranceNation

Originally posted by: Joeyman

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: Joeyman

Originally posted by: dethman

Originally posted by: Joeyman
I hope so, I just signed my sister up for a 2 year contract :disgust:

2 years? sucker.

they threw me a deal to good to pass up (it was my old plan and just passed it along to her) 200 anytime unlimited nights/weekend, free nationwide, all the usual stuff, 50 free text messages, a free phone (no rebate), for $30 a month. She just started college so I thought 2 years would be ok.

That's a standard plan. You can get that deal from any store anywhere. BTW instruct her on not going over her minutes. I just paid $180 on my last AT&T bill

nope, the standard plan doesn't include unlimited nights and weekends, nor the 50 free texts msgs. The unlimited nights and weekends is what sealed the deal. Couldn't find that for $30 anywhere else.

lol, welcome to 2002, yes that IS the standard plan and frankly a little worse then the standard. only 200 anytime minuites? Most places I see have 300 now.

Wow and I thought it was 2004.
Check this link out and tell me what the $29.99 plan gets you

Link doesn't work, but the plan still isn't anything "great." Verizon gets you 300 minutes for $35, plus all the other stuff minus text messaging. It's not bad, it's just not something that's too good to pass up.

 

[GeneValgene]

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: Joeyman

Originally posted by: TranceNation

Originally posted by: Joeyman

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: Joeyman

Originally posted by: dethman

Originally posted by: Joeyman
I hope so, I just signed my sister up for a 2 year contract :disgust:

2 years? sucker.

they threw me a deal to good to pass up (it was my old plan and just passed it along to her) 200 anytime unlimited nights/weekend, free nationwide, all the usual stuff, 50 free text messages, a free phone (no rebate), for $30 a month. She just started college so I thought 2 years would be ok.

That's a standard plan. You can get that deal from any store anywhere. BTW instruct her on not going over her minutes. I just paid $180 on my last AT&T bill

nope, the standard plan doesn't include unlimited nights and weekends, nor the 50 free texts msgs. The unlimited nights and weekends is what sealed the deal. Couldn't find that for $30 anywhere else.

lol, welcome to 2002, yes that IS the standard plan and frankly a little worse then the standard. only 200 anytime minuites? Most places I see have 300 now.

Wow and I thought it was 2004.
Check this link out and tell me what the $29.99 plan gets you

Link doesn't work, but the plan still isn't anything "great." Verizon gets you 300 minutes for $35, plus all the other stuff minus text messaging. It's not bad, it's just not something that's too good to pass up.

sorry to say, but these people are right...the plan listed is standard at best. i signed up with att wireless last summer, and got the nationwide plan with 300 anytime, unlimited nights and weekends, unlimited text messaging....and i got a free gsm phone - all for 29.99 a month, 1 year contract....and taht was a standard plan at the time

 

[The Wildcard]

I thought T-mobile was just using Cingular's networks over here in the United States. In exchange, T-mobile lets Cingular use their networks over in Europe.