I have an AT&T Wireless cell. What does the Cingular merger mean to me?

bluestateguy

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Tue Feb-17-04 12:56 PM
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I have an AT&T Wireless cell. What does the Cingular merger mean to me?

Would this likely change the terms of my plan? For the better or worse? Would I be paying more or less? Would I get more territory outside of the roaming zone? I'm not an expert on these things.

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ronnykmarshall

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Tue Feb-17-04 01:04 PM
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1. What merger?

I have Cingular and didn't know any merger with AT&T!

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onehandle

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Tue Feb-17-04 01:06 PM
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2. Uh....

Read any news or cut on the TV. It's everywhere. Cingular (BellSouth) bought AT&T Wireless.

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ronnykmarshall

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Tue Feb-17-04 01:08 PM
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3. Just found it.

Yikes! So this takes AT&T out of the wireless business. Looks like ol' Ma Bell is getting her kids back.

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onehandle

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Tue Feb-17-04 01:09 PM
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4. When I shopped around late last year...

Cingular was the best deal for me. Love that rollover policy.

I imagine that AT&T will be phased out. Typically in these cases, since you have a contract, you should be able to keep your old plan, or choose to switch to a Cingular plan.

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ronnykmarshall

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Tue Feb-17-04 01:11 PM
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5. I love Cingular

I've had great service with them for years.

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djeseru

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Tue Feb-17-04 01:11 PM
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6. Ummm...

Edited on Tue Feb-17-04 01:12 PM by djeseru

...I've got an AT&T wireless as well. Is Cingular pretty good? Any complaints?

*Edit: I got my answer at the same time I posted...whew! Are you guys psychic?

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woofless

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Tue Feb-17-04 02:48 PM
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7. I have AT&T as well

and when we moved here my house is in an area where we have no service. Hopefully that will change. Fingers crossed.

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Spirochete

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Tue Feb-17-04 03:18 PM
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8. I think it means

that now your unused minutes will roll over to the next month, for one thing.

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Madrone

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Tue Feb-17-04 03:41 PM
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9. Thanks for asking this question!

I've been wondering this myself.

Hopefully it only means something GOOD.

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