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steve shadows · 08-31-2007, 11:47 AM

I just wanted to vent about how much absolutely fucking hate cingular/at&t/were not really at&t oh wait now we are again.

I remeber about 1.5 years ago having to pay several fees and switch over costs because I was late in switching to the New Cingular because At&t no longer offered cingular services through them.

Now what do you know...

It's at&t again.

I paid over 200 dollars worth of fees and costs because I was late on switching to Cingular because "At&T will no longer be offering services for wireless now or in the future"

fuck them in the kneck

as soon as my contract is up im outtie.

Besides that nights start at 9 pm for me and ive had some phone bills with as much a 600 dollars...

for some roaming.

fuck them

my plan is up in January.

Who should I go with? next?

**RJF** · 08-31-2007, 11:57 AM

Not the same AT&T

SBC bought the original AT&T, who merged AT&T Wireless with Cingular, who was also partially owned by BellSouth back then. SBC was rebranded "The new AT&T" and when they bought BellSouth they decided to drop the Cingular name and use the name AT&T Mobility.

Confused? So am I.

Daniel. · 08-31-2007, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RJF

Not the same AT&T

SBC bought the original AT&T, who merged AT&T Wireless with Cingular, who was also partially owned by BellSouth back then. SBC was rebranded "The new AT&T" and when they bought BellSouth they decided to drop the Cingular name and use the name AT&T Mobility.

Confused? So am I.

QFT. I know it's confusing Steve, but Bob is right. It's a different company, same name.

Now imagine if you were me and had to explain this to 118364983569135693^123875 customers who came into your store.

If you're adamant about switching, try T-mobile. The reception isn't that great, but they are the fastest growing wireless company with the best rates. I would definitely recommend one of their new T-Mobile hotspot@home phones. Guaranteed reception wherever you have access to wi-fi.

240meowth · 08-31-2007, 12:23 PM

i worked for cingular when they were merging at&t and bell south i think... than somehow SBC came along and something happened and SBC owns at&t and than SBC decided to use the AT&T name because it is a more established brand and has a longer history than yad yada yada, here's a video

[ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=YtFtcp4mNzA[/ame]

steve shadows · 08-31-2007, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 240meowth

i worked for cingular when they were merging at&t and bell south i think... than somehow SBC came along and something happened and SBC owns at&t and than SBC decided to use the AT&T name because it is a more established brand and has a longer history than yad yada yada, here's a video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YtFtcp4mNzA

thanks man you made me laugh

mehsilvia · 08-31-2007, 12:43 PM

And to be absolutely clear and not cause any confusion, its now at&t and not AT&T

There, im sure that helps - lol

BustedS13 · 08-31-2007, 12:29 PM

i work for at&t. it rules.

Andrew @ 240sxMotoring · 08-31-2007, 12:30 PM

I always just think it's ironic that a baby bell ended up buying out papa bell.

CKAMC · 08-31-2007, 12:52 PM

Yeah Im not entirely happy with AT&T at times as well but when I look at verizon/tmobile/sprint I really dont see them being any better.

Each has its perks and for me I have to have GSM and tmobile is almost there for me to consider a switch.

**ThatGuy** · 08-31-2007, 01:00 PM

All-Tel kept raising my fees, so years ago I switch to Cingular.

Never had any problems with Cingular. If I had reception issues, it was my phone, not the service.

Ever since the new at&t change over though, I can't even make a call from inside my own house. I have walk out into my driveway to get reception. Exact same phone that I used to sit on my couch and get a FULL SIGNAL with Cingular.

From what I've been told, part of the changeover was at&t selling off some towers and such. Fuckers screwed up.

I am VERY unhappy with at&t right now. I miss my old Cingular.

backroadtouge · 08-31-2007, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThatGuy

All-Tel kept raising my fees, so years ago I switch to Cingular.

Never had any problems with Cingular. If I had reception issues, it was my phone, not the service.

Ever since the new at&t change over though, I can't even make a call from inside my own house. I have walk out into my driveway to get reception. Exact same phone that I used to sit on my couch and get a FULL SIGNAL with Cingular.

From what I've been told, part of the changeover was at&t selling off some towers and such. Fuckers screwed up.

I am VERY unhappy with at&t right now. I miss my old Cingular.

exactlly, its like, im paying for a service that is suppose to be convienient and yet it is in now way. it sa hit or miss if i get reception at my house, but i can walk a block and get full bars. WTF

SiI40sx · 08-31-2007, 01:16 PM

Fuck cellphones, its all about

I can see it now

"a wussup cutie, lets hook up cans"

"oh sorry i only get local"

"s'all good baby, i got that new long distance setup, u can hook up to me"

"oh ok great!! ya Ill call you sometime"

understeer · 08-31-2007, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SiI40sx

Fuck cellphones, its all about

I can see it now

"a wussup cutie, lets hook up cans"

"oh sorry i only get local"

"s'all good baby, i got that new long distance setup, u can hook up to me"

"oh ok great!! ya Ill call you sometime"

haha
.................................

axiomatik · 08-31-2007, 02:29 PM

yeah, all the phone companies are constantly changing names. I used to have VoiceStream (remember them?), now they are part of T-mobile I guess. Then I changed to AT&T, then it became Cingular, though I never had to pay any fees to changeover to cingular, even though I didn't do it until about 2 years after the transition. Now it's at&t again. stupid.

pwhitersxs · 08-31-2007, 02:45 PM

www.sprint.com/sero

search google for sero email to use or just go to a sprint store and get an email address of an employee.

What I have through sprint sero:

500 anytime minutes
unlimited texting(make sure you get this because initially they don't put it on)
unlimited data usage(internet)
nights and weekends starting at 7
sprint mobile to mobile

How much do I pay???? 30 bucks a month (actually less than this).

oh and if you dial *2 and say "dropped call" to the automated lady...you can save up to 11 dollars a month.

What do I do with my saved money? Put it in my pocket or buy games for when I am bored.

Phones are discounted too or you don't even have to worry about rebates because sprint takes care of it for you.

Sometimes I have dropped calls, but since I am paying so little and do the dropped call thing, I can honestly say it doesn't bother me. Sprint rocks for me.

Oh, and since nights and weekends start at 7, I have yet to go over my minutes. When I was with verizon( had 550 min), I was ALWAYS going over my minutes.

If you don't get this plan, something is wrong with you!

Andrew Bohan · 08-31-2007, 03:11 PM

i'm paying like $60 a month for cingular->at&t

that's 2 lines
unlimited mobile to mobile and like 500 anytime minutes, with rollover.
90% of my calls are to other cingular-at&t phones, so that's free
and i don't get anywhere near the 500 minutes with other phones. i had several thousand rollover minutes saved up at one point. lol

Daniel. · 08-31-2007, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew Bohan

i'm paying like $60 a month for cingular->at&t

that's 2 lines
unlimited mobile to mobile and like 500 anytime minutes, with rollover.
90% of my calls are to other cingular-at&t phones, so that's free
and i don't get anywhere near the 500 minutes with other phones. i had several thousand rollover minutes saved up at one point. lol

did kyle give you the hookup?

Andrew Bohan · 08-31-2007, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spiderman

did kyle give you the hookup?

oh yea, forgot about that.

and we get teacher discount too.

guess my plan isn't so amazing. hahah

BustedS13 · 08-31-2007, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pwhitersxs

www.sprint.com/sero

search google for sero email to use or just go to a sprint store and get an email address of an employee.

What I have through sprint sero:

500 anytime minutes
unlimited texting(make sure you get this because initially they don't put it on)
unlimited data usage(internet)
nights and weekends starting at 7
sprint mobile to mobile

How much do I pay???? 30 bucks a month (actually less than this).

oh and if you dial *2 and say "dropped call" to the automated lady...you can save up to 11 dollars a month.

What do I do with my saved money? Put it in my pocket or buy games for when I am bored.

Phones are discounted too or you don't even have to worry about rebates because sprint takes care of it for you.

Sometimes I have dropped calls, but since I am paying so little and do the dropped call thing, I can honestly say it doesn't bother me. Sprint rocks for me.

Oh, and since nights and weekends start at 7, I have yet to go over my minutes. When I was with verizon( had 550 min), I was ALWAYS going over my minutes.

If you don't get this plan, something is wrong with you!

i need to get on this plan. i've been wanting to since i heard about it a month or so ago, but i've got to wait until my current plan runs out :/ i already have sprint, and i don't want to get a new phone number.

2iv0 sx · 08-31-2007, 03:39 PM

Got a Blackjac and I'm always get good service comparing to others like T-Mobile, Sprint and they suck! reception wise... I'm pretty happy with what used to be Cingular

Cingular looked so much better on the phone. Now it says AT&T....

s13gold · 08-31-2007, 03:43 PM

sprints nights start at 7.

240truk · 09-02-2007, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by s13gold

sprints nights start at 7.

yeah but they suck, and customer service is the worst part. T-mobile sucks now but they're getting better fast

DRavenS13 · 08-31-2007, 07:46 PM

I hate AT&T. I have Cingular Prepaid and I got a text message from them the other day that the text message rates are gonna go from .05 to .15. These assholes changed everything and now wanna drive up the costs. They can kiss my sweet ass- I'm going to Verizon, AND I'm gettin a plan.

I would go to T-Mobile, but I think I owe them money.

!Zar! · 09-02-2007, 08:01 PM

I'm cool with at&t. I don't give a damn.

SimpleSexy180 · 09-02-2007, 08:06 PM

no problems with verizon here...they just have shitty phones...

SimpleS14 · 09-02-2007, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by downshift180

no problems with verizon here...they just have shitty phones...

I have Verizon, and their phones do not suck....its just that they (VZW) cripples them with their firmware. Luckily I found out how to use Alltel firmware on my verizon phone....better response, GUI, more features and work fine on the VZW network.

To the original poster, I have no clue who you should switch too if your press for best minutes/month plan. Verizon has good service, but plans are a bit pricey.

SexPanda · 09-03-2007, 01:23 AM

Get with the times man...

codyace · 09-03-2007, 02:26 AM

Sucks to here

Get Verizon

I can send you free pix of random horseshit and nonsense for free

pwhitersxs · 09-03-2007, 02:26 PM

I had verizon and have the same service as I do with sprint. Verizon does everything to get money out of the customer and they ripped me off to no end. The reason I ended up switching is because the phones are only made to last a maximum of 1 1/2 years in a 2 year contract. Both of my phones started having problems and I had two 6 month periods with horrible service.

CKAMC · 09-03-2007, 03:15 PM

Age of phone + Quality of phone + your location + provider = results

Yeah Motorola phones are still shitty, my phone is getting old and yeah not as good as it used to.... and some providers do better than others depending now where your at... in some case's they all blow ballz because your in a spot that man has yet to travel...

its basically a game is how i see it.

08-31-2007, 11:47 AM	#1
steve shadows Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: LA and OC Posts: 8,202 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Cingular now not at&t but wait now...its the new At&t I just wanted to vent about how much absolutely fucking hate cingular/at&t/were not really at&t oh wait now we are again. I remeber about 1.5 years ago having to pay several fees and switch over costs because I was late in switching to the New Cingular because At&t no longer offered cingular services through them. Now what do you know... It's at&t again. I paid over 200 dollars worth of fees and costs because I was late on switching to Cingular because "At&T will no longer be offering services for wireless now or in the future" fuck them in the kneck as soon as my contract is up im outtie. Besides that nights start at 9 pm for me and ive had some phone bills with as much a 600 dollars... for some roaming. fuck them my plan is up in January. Who should I go with? next? __________________ Like Me on FaceBook !

08-31-2007, 11:57 AM	#2
RJF Super Administrator & Bean Counter Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Lone Tree, CO Posts: 2,400 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Not the same AT&T SBC bought the original AT&T, who merged AT&T Wireless with Cingular, who was also partially owned by BellSouth back then. SBC was rebranded "The new AT&T" and when they bought BellSouth they decided to drop the Cingular name and use the name AT&T Mobility. Confused? So am I. __________________ *Zilvia.net...Where the Truth Hurts and Pain Builds Character*

08-31-2007, 12:23 PM	#4
240meowth Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: torrance, ca Age: 41 Posts: 2,407 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	i worked for cingular when they were merging at&t and bell south i think... than somehow SBC came along and something happened and SBC owns at&t and than SBC decided to use the AT&T name because it is a more established brand and has a longer history than yad yada yada, here's a video [ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=YtFtcp4mNzA[/ame] __________________

08-31-2007, 12:29 PM	#7
BustedS13 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix AZ Age: 40 Posts: 10,287 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i work for at&t. it rules. __________________

08-31-2007, 12:30 PM	#8
Andrew @ 240sxMotoring Zilvia Addict Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Haven, CT Posts: 789 Trader Rating: (17) Rides Gallery: Andrew @ 240sxMotoring Feedback Score: 17 reviews	I always just think it's ironic that a baby bell ended up buying out papa bell. __________________ Andrew @ 240sx Motoring Milford, CT @ 203-783-1422 (ext. 112) Read what people have to say about 240sxMotoring!

08-31-2007, 12:43 PM	#6
mehsilvia Post Whore! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Simi Valley, CA Age: 49 Posts: 2,642 Trader Rating: (39) Rides Gallery: mehsilvia Feedback Score: 39 reviews	And to be absolutely clear and not cause any confusion, its now at&t and not AT&T There, im sure that helps - lol

08-31-2007, 12:52 PM	#9
CKAMC Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Desert Age: 38 Posts: 4,804 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yeah Im not entirely happy with AT&T at times as well but when I look at verizon/tmobile/sprint I really dont see them being any better. Each has its perks and for me I have to have GSM and tmobile is almost there for me to consider a switch. __________________

08-31-2007, 01:00 PM	#10
ThatGuy Admin Asshole Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Retired Age: 45 Posts: 20,394 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ThatGuy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	All-Tel kept raising my fees, so years ago I switch to Cingular. Never had any problems with Cingular. If I had reception issues, it was my phone, not the service. Ever since the new at&t change over though, I can't even make a call from inside my own house. I have walk out into my driveway to get reception. Exact same phone that I used to sit on my couch and get a FULL SIGNAL with Cingular. From what I've been told, part of the changeover was at&t selling off some towers and such. Fuckers screwed up. I am VERY unhappy with at&t right now. I miss my old Cingular. __________________ "Speak softly,..." -Pres. Teddy Roosevelt "Be polite, be professional, ..." -Gen. James Mattis

08-31-2007, 01:16 PM	#12
SiI40sx BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bass bumpin, mind trippin Age: 38 Posts: 3,394 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: SiI40sx Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Fuck cellphones, its all about I can see it now "a wussup cutie, lets hook up cans" "oh sorry i only get local" "s'all good baby, i got that new long distance setup, u can hook up to me" "oh ok great!! ya Ill call you sometime"

08-31-2007, 02:29 PM	#14
axiomatik Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: ATL Posts: 4,702 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yeah, all the phone companies are constantly changing names. I used to have VoiceStream (remember them?), now they are part of T-mobile I guess. Then I changed to AT&T, then it became Cingular, though I never had to pay any fees to changeover to cingular, even though I didn't do it until about 2 years after the transition. Now it's at&t again. stupid. __________________

08-31-2007, 02:45 PM	#15
pwhitersxs Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: pittsburgh Posts: 167 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	www.sprint.com/sero search google for sero email to use or just go to a sprint store and get an email address of an employee. What I have through sprint sero: 500 anytime minutes unlimited texting(make sure you get this because initially they don't put it on) unlimited data usage(internet) nights and weekends starting at 7 sprint mobile to mobile How much do I pay???? 30 bucks a month (actually less than this). oh and if you dial *2 and say "dropped call" to the automated lady...you can save up to 11 dollars a month. What do I do with my saved money? Put it in my pocket or buy games for when I am bored. Phones are discounted too or you don't even have to worry about rebates because sprint takes care of it for you. Sometimes I have dropped calls, but since I am paying so little and do the dropped call thing, I can honestly say it doesn't bother me. Sprint rocks for me. Oh, and since nights and weekends start at 7, I have yet to go over my minutes. When I was with verizon( had 550 min), I was ALWAYS going over my minutes. If you don't get this plan, something is wrong with you! __________________ s13 sr20det

08-31-2007, 03:11 PM	#16
Andrew Bohan Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,331 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	i'm paying like $60 a month for cingular->at&t that's 2 lines unlimited mobile to mobile and like 500 anytime minutes, with rollover. 90% of my calls are to other cingular-at&t phones, so that's free and i don't get anywhere near the 500 minutes with other phones. i had several thousand rollover minutes saved up at one point. lol

08-31-2007, 03:39 PM	#20
2iv0 sx Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Lng Bch Calfna Posts: 1,442 Trader Rating: (20) Feedback Score: 20 reviews	Got a Blackjac and I'm always get good service comparing to others like T-Mobile, Sprint and they suck! reception wise... I'm pretty happy with what used to be Cingular Cingular looked so much better on the phone. Now it says AT&T....

08-31-2007, 03:43 PM	#21
s13gold Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: CARSON Posts: 4,240 Trader Rating: (79) Feedback Score: 79 reviews	sprints nights start at 7.

09-02-2007, 08:01 PM	#24
!Zar! Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Korea Posts: 14,579 Trader Rating: (27) Feedback Score: 27 reviews	I'm cool with at&t. I don't give a damn. __________________

09-02-2007, 08:06 PM	#25
SimpleSexy180 Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cal Posts: 4,750 Trader Rating: (8) Rides Gallery: SimpleSexy180 Feedback Score: 8 reviews	no problems with verizon here...they just have shitty phones...

09-03-2007, 01:23 AM	#27
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09-03-2007, 02:26 PM	#29
pwhitersxs Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: pittsburgh Posts: 167 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I had verizon and have the same service as I do with sprint. Verizon does everything to get money out of the customer and they ripped me off to no end. The reason I ended up switching is because the phones are only made to last a maximum of 1 1/2 years in a 2 year contract. Both of my phones started having problems and I had two 6 month periods with horrible service. __________________ s13 sr20det

09-03-2007, 03:15 PM	#30
CKAMC Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Desert Age: 38 Posts: 4,804 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Age of phone + Quality of phone + your location + provider = results Yeah Motorola phones are still shitty, my phone is getting old and yeah not as good as it used to.... and some providers do better than others depending now where your at... in some case's they all blow ballz because your in a spot that man has yet to travel... its basically a game is how i see it. __________________