Cingular Gets A T and Another T
Posted February 17th, 2004 @ 10:36pm by Erik J. Barzeski
AT&T is now owned by Cingular. I wonder if that means I can get my Motorola v600 (or v80) sooner? Doubt it. Better coverage? Hope so (not that I'm dissatisfied as is).
Posted 18 Feb 2004 at 3:41am #
Welcome to Cingular, AT&T Wireless customers
Eric reports that Cingular has aquired AT&T Wireless (link).AT&T has better roaming rates internationally and more roaming agreements. I assume Cingular will inherit AT&Ts roaming agreements. Also, AT&T doesn't charge for receiving SMS (a practice I fi...
Posted 18 Feb 2004 at 4:22pm #
Ummm... MISLEADING! Cingular didn't buy AT&T they just bought AT&T Wireless. It's kinda like saying HP bought Apple if they bought ITMs (just saying if they did)... or like saying AT&T still exist, and is owned my its shareholders, AT&T wireless is now owned by Cingular... Not sure anyway else to say it... this isn't WorldCom buying MCI.
Posted 18 Feb 2004 at 5:08pm #
When you say you are not dis-satisfied with regard to the coverage, are you talking as a Cingular customer or as an AT&T Wireless customer? I find that AT&T Wireless' coverage is midling at best, and not satisfying at either my home or at work.
Posted 18 Feb 2004 at 6:33pm #
I always found that ATT's GSM service (which I have) is kind of lacking. But their TDMA (or is it CDMA - one of the two) service is pretty good.
And Cingular hasn't yet bought ATT. The bid has just been approved by the shareholders. It still has to go through the regulatory approval process. That is the merger will actually happen in late 2004.
Posted 18 Feb 2004 at 6:40pm #
I speak as a Cingular customer.
Posted 02 Nov 2004 at 4:20pm #
I am a Cingular Customer and i am really happy because when i went to Canada it work like i was at home and Customer Service is Wonderfull !