Will cingular and AT&T figure out what the heck

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

01/23/2007 01:03:23 PM · #1

they want to call the company. AT&T merge with cingular, change the name to cingular make me get a cingular compatible phone. Now they are AT&T again. Am I going to have to buy a new phone again?

idnic

Canon EOS-60D

01/23/2007 01:06:24 PM · #2

LOL I heard that a few days ago and thought the same thing. I was also AT&T, then cingular, now will be AT&T again, but since its a merge I wouldn't think we'd have to buy new phones again (atleast I hope not since I just bought 3 new phones at christmas for my daughters & me).

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

01/23/2007 01:18:48 PM · #3

Like a slime mold which has crawled towards a new source of nourishment, The Phone Company is now reassembling itself to gorge on its newfound nutrient pool ...

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

01/23/2007 01:20:13 PM · #4

Originally posted by boomtap:

Am I going to have to buy a new phone again?

Steve Jobs hopes so ...

Ristyz

Apple iPhone 12 Pro

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

01/23/2007 01:21:18 PM · #5

.... off to buy Apple stock!

fotomann_forever

01/23/2007 01:22:49 PM · #6

Funny thing is I went with AT&T originally because Cingular wanted to big of a deposit. Then I became a Cingular customer and now I suppose I'm an AT&T customer again. Oh well... they'll play hell getting my rollover minutes out of my hands :-)

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

01/23/2007 01:30:26 PM · #7

I just hope they make the medianet cheaper. It is like $10 for a meg! You have got to be kidding me. I would love to get my gmail on my phone, but I am not shelling out $10-20 a month for that.

srdanz

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

01/23/2007 01:35:54 PM · #8

When AT&T was bought by SBC, then the companies have changed hands. At that time all the transitions that needed to happen have happened.
This is just a name change. The parent companies now merged (AT&T amd Bell South), the size of the wireless part is the same and the contracts remain the same.
No worries (of that kind, at least)

David.C

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

01/23/2007 11:45:47 PM · #9

Like Leroy I went AT&T when Cingular wanted a huge deposit ($700+ per line -- ouch!), then became Cingular and not merged into the whole again. The whole process has been completely seamless and painless in every way.

The only hitch I have experienced at all has been with tech support. Not that they haven't provided top notch service to me -- because they have -- but a couple of times the Indian accent was just too thick for me to understand them. After I apologized for not being able to understand them and being transferred to another with less of an accent it was all good. I consider that to be my lack of experience with varying dialects -- I have had the same problem trying to talk to a couple of support people from other companies from NY. Yes, one had a very thick Brooklyn accent -- but the other just talked too damn fast. Seriously, the entire conversation could have been one word!

I have no complaints about the newly reformed Ma'Bell.

David

karmat

Apple iPhone 7

01/24/2007 12:37:42 AM · #10

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Like a slime mold which has crawled towards a new source of nourishment, The Phone Company is now reassembling itself to gorge on its newfound nutrient pool ...

this deserves resaying . . . .

:)

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/24/2007 12:53:55 AM · #11

I'm proud to report I have lived my life in a phone-free zone. I have a phone, actually, but it gets used maybe once a month, if that, and not by me :-)

R.

yanko

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

01/24/2007 12:55:20 AM · #12

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Same thing happened to me. I was with Sprint than switched to Nextel and then they merge. It's like the Godfather, "Just when I thought I was out they pull me back in".

idnic

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

01/24/2007 01:04:52 AM · #13

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

I'm proud to report I have lived my life in a phone-free zone. I have a phone, actually, but it gets used maybe once a month, if that, and not by me :-)

R.

That sounds like heaven. I hate phones!

David.C

01/24/2007 03:12:30 AM · #14

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

I'm proud to report I have lived my life in a phone-free zone. I have a phone, actually, but it gets used maybe once a month, if that, and not by me :-)

R.

But isn't what we are doing here just using a phone of a different sort? :D

David

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/24/2007 11:39:35 AM · #15

Originally posted by yanko:

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Funny thing is I went with AT&T originally because Cingular wanted to big of a deposit. Then I became a Cingular customer and now I suppose I'm an AT&T customer again. Oh well... they'll play hell getting my rollover minutes out of my hands :-)

Same thing happened to me. I was with Sprint than switched to Nextel and then they merge. It's like the Godfather, "Just when I thought I was out they pull me back in".

That is funny.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

01/24/2007 11:49:53 AM · #16

Originally posted by yanko:

That's how I feel about Bank of America: I've spent most of my life running from them, and they keep buying whatever local bank I use. I have finally given up and accepted the reality that they were determined to have me and they are much bigger than me. I no longer have the strength to resist.

R.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/24/2007 11:52:37 AM · #17

Originally posted by David.C:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I'm proud to report I have lived my life in a phone-free zone. I have a phone, actually, but it gets used maybe once a month, if that, and not by me :-)

R.

But isn't what we are doing here just using a phone of a different sort? :D

David

Except no rate plans, no long-distance charges, and the computer doesn't ring insistently when I'm having dinner or watching a movie.

R.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

01/24/2007 03:52:36 PM · #18

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by yanko:

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Funny thing is I went with AT&T originally because Cingular wanted to big of a deposit. Then I became a Cingular customer and now I suppose I'm an AT&T customer again. Oh well... they'll play hell getting my rollover minutes out of my hands :-)

Same thing happened to me. I was with Sprint than switched to Nextel and then they merge. It's like the Godfather, "Just when I thought I was out they pull me back in".

That's how I feel about Bank of America: I've spent most of my life running from them, and they keep buying whatever local bank I use. I have finally given up and accepted the reality that they were determined to have me and they are much bigger than me. I no longer have the strength to resist.
R.

You need a credit union.

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

01/24/2007 03:54:01 PM · #19

Originally posted by boomtap:

You need a credit union.

Yup, after suffering the crappy services and product options available from a typical credit union, Bank of America will feel like a sweet relief.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

01/24/2007 04:19:25 PM · #20

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

My checking account has survived being owned by three different banks.

My safety-deposit box has been owned by four banks -- currently BofA! -- and located in three different buildings ... : )

theSaj

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

01/24/2007 05:36:45 PM · #21

SBC thinks AT&T is a more recognized better liked name.

Ironically, AT&T is the biggest turn off of any name any telephone company in history has for me. SBC, Cingular, Verizon, Bell Atlantic, etc. These all sound better to me than AT&T

Okay, what do I think of when I think of AT&T. And evil monopolistic dysfunctional entity striving to control the entire galaxy's telephone system.

Why...there is little difference in my mind between the Imperial AT&T and