Comments | syncopated_time: And another thing...

syncopated_time

And another thing...

Jan 12, 2007 09:35

Two years ago I renewed my cell phone with AT&T. A week later they were bought out by Cingular. Earlier this week I FINALLY became a full-fledged Cingular customer. What happens? They're RE-BOUGHT by AT&T and the transition starts next week ( Read more... )

rage, rant

Comments 9

neko_no_kioku January 12 2007, 15:09:37 UTC

Huh?! I have to be an AT&T customer now????

syncopated_time January 12 2007, 15:15:22 UTC

So it would seem:

http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/12/news/companies/bc.att.cingular.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes

neko_no_kioku January 12 2007, 15:20:15 UTC

Well fuck me.

syncopated_time January 12 2007, 15:38:30 UTC

Okay!

I know, tell me about it. *grump*

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moonlight69 January 12 2007, 15:53:26 UTC

...Okay, that sucks. :P I was going to look into a contract with Cingular this year. Now I don't know WHO to get my phone service through.

sagittaire January 12 2007, 17:53:54 UTC

Are you for serious?

drjayphd January 13 2007, 00:07:50 UTC

They may take the Cingular name, but they'll never take MY FREEDOM! the logo off my phone! :P

parizadhe January 13 2007, 23:23:59 UTC

How odd. Last I knew--when I was working for Annie the Psychotic, who worked for AT&T--AT&T was going under fast and furious.

I have a feeling that this whole AT&T/Cingular thing is simply corporate name-swapping. I'm pretty certain that they're the same company now.

What exactly are the effects of being a transitional customer? I'm still under my parents' plan, so I don't bother keeping track of any of the contract changes.