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- 12-29-2006, 05:58 PM #1JackzwickGuest
AT&T (really the old SBC) has gotten approval to swallow up Bell South.
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/b...38026.php/AT&T
_wins_OK_for_$85B_BellSouth_deal
as part of that they say the Cingular name will go away,
to be replaced by AT&T
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- 12-29-2006, 06:49 PM #2Jud HardcastleGuest
Re: Cingular to change name
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> as part of that they say the Cingular name will go away,
> to be replaced by AT&T
>
Not that my humble opinion is worth anything but I think changing (back)
to AT&T is *stupid* (but then IMO so is not offering TDMA or GAIT with
so much of the country still not GSM but that's another story). Couldn't
they use "AT&T Cingular" or something?
--
Jud
Dallas TX USA
- 12-30-2006, 02:19 PM #3decaturtxcowboyGuest
Re: Cingular to change name
Jud Hardcastle wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
>> as part of that they say the Cingular name will go away,
>> to be replaced by AT&T
>>
> Not that my humble opinion is worth anything but I think changing (back)
> to AT&T is *stupid* (but then IMO so is not offering TDMA or GAIT with
> so much of the country still not GSM but that's another story). Couldn't
> they use "AT&T Cingular" or something?
Industry trade journals say the global name recognition of AT&T is worth
the change.
- 12-30-2006, 05:03 PM #4Guest
Re: Cingular to change name
On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:19:23 -0600, decaturtxcowboy
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Industry trade journals say the global name recognition of AT&T is worth
>the change.
99% of Cingular's business is stateside.
- 12-30-2006, 08:19 PM #5Robert CoeGuest
Re: Cingular to change name
On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:03:13 -0600, [email protected] wrote:
: On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:19:23 -0600, decaturtxcowboy
: <[email protected]> wrote:
:
: >Industry trade journals say the global name recognition of AT&T is worth
: >the change.
:
:
: 99% of Cingular's business is stateside.
"Cingular" was a sappy name from the beginning. But amongst those of a certain
age, the name "AT&T" conjures up dark memories of the hated "Ma Bell". It's as
though George W. Bush tried to refurbish his reputation by calling himself
"Richard Milhous Cheney".
Anyway, the natural progression from "Cingular", now that they've swallowed
another company, would be "Doubular".
Bob
- 12-30-2006, 10:36 PM #6rjdriverGuest
Re: Cingular to change name
"Robert Coe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:03:13 -0600, [email protected] wrote:
> : On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:19:23 -0600, decaturtxcowboy
> : <[email protected]> wrote:
> :
> : >Industry trade journals say the global name recognition of AT&T is
> worth
> : >the change.
> :
> :
> : 99% of Cingular's business is stateside.
>
> "Cingular" was a sappy name from the beginning. But amongst those of a
> certain
> age, the name "AT&T" conjures up dark memories of the hated "Ma Bell".
> It's as
> though George W. Bush tried to refurbish his reputation by calling himself
> "Richard Milhous Cheney".
>
> Anyway, the natural progression from "Cingular", now that they've
> swallowed
> another company, would be "Doubular".
>
> Bob
>> But amongst those of a certain age, the name "AT&T" conjures up dark
>> memories of the hated "Ma Bell". <<
Hated "Ma Bell"? What would that certain age be that hated "Ma Bell"?
Bob
- 12-30-2006, 10:39 PM #7Todd H.Guest
Re: Cingular to change name
"rjdriver" <[email protected]> writes:
> >> But amongst those of a certain age, the name "AT&T" conjures up dark
> >> memories of the hated "Ma Bell". <<
>
> Hated "Ma Bell"? What would that certain age be that hated
> "Ma Bell"?
Can't say exactly, but I can say mid 30's qualifies. I recall when ma
Bell controlled things with an expensive iron fist right down to
renting all your phones to you. You know the ones with the actualy
bell ringers that Gen X and beyond probably only know from the Matrix
movies.
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/
- 12-31-2006, 03:17 AM #8Guest
Re: Cingular to change name
On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:19:54 -0500, Robert Coe <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:03:13 -0600, [email protected] wrote:
>: On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:19:23 -0600, decaturtxcowboy
>: <[email protected]> wrote:
>:
>: >Industry trade journals say the global name recognition of AT&T is worth
>: >the change.
>:
>:
>: 99% of Cingular's business is stateside.
>
>"Cingular" was a sappy name from the beginning. But amongst those of a certain
>age, the name "AT&T" conjures up dark memories of the hated "Ma Bell". It's as
>though George W. Bush tried to refurbish his reputation by calling himself
>"Richard Milhous Cheney".
>
>Anyway, the natural progression from "Cingular", now that they've swallowed
>another company, would be "Doubular".
>
>Bob
How about DroppedCallular
- 12-31-2006, 08:26 AM #9JerGuest
Re: Cingular to change name
Todd H. wrote:
> "rjdriver" <[email protected]> writes:
>>>> But amongst those of a certain age, the name "AT&T" conjures up dark
>>>> memories of the hated "Ma Bell". <<
>> Hated "Ma Bell"? What would that certain age be that hated
>> "Ma Bell"?
>
> Can't say exactly, but I can say mid 30's qualifies. I recall when ma
> Bell controlled things with an expensive iron fist right down to
> renting all your phones to you. You know the ones with the actualy
> bell ringers that Gen X and beyond probably only know from the Matrix
> movies.
>
That would be anyone who has fond personal memories of the Good Old
Days, no? Who's Matrix?
--
jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'
- 12-31-2006, 09:08 AM #10Robert CoeGuest
Re: Cingular to change name
On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:36:15 -0500, "rjdriver" <[email protected]>
wrote:
: "Robert Coe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
: news:[email protected]...
: > On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:03:13 -0600, [email protected] wrote:
: > : On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:19:23 -0600, decaturtxcowboy
: > : <[email protected]> wrote:
: > :
: > : >Industry trade journals say the global name recognition of AT&T is
: > worth
: > : >the change.
: > :
: > :
: > : 99% of Cingular's business is stateside.
: >
: > "Cingular" was a sappy name from the beginning. But amongst those of a
: > certain
: > age, the name "AT&T" conjures up dark memories of the hated "Ma Bell".
: > It's as
: > though George W. Bush tried to refurbish his reputation by calling himself
: > "Richard Milhous Cheney".
: >
: > Anyway, the natural progression from "Cingular", now that they've
: > swallowed
: > another company, would be "Doubular".
: >
: > Bob
:
:
: >> But amongst those of a certain age, the name "AT&T" conjures up dark
: >> memories of the hated "Ma Bell". <<
:
: Hated "Ma Bell"? What would that certain age be that hated "Ma Bell"?
In my case, 69. But you could be a lot younger. It was sometime in the 1970s
before a customer in the U.S. was explicitly allowed to attach his own phone
to the public network. Lots of us did it, of course, but we could have lost
our phone service if The Phone Company found out.
See if you can find the movie "The President's Analyst". It offers some
additional perspective. ;^)
Bob
- 12-31-2006, 01:28 PM #11Mij AdyawGuest
Re: Cingular to change name
That is a good one.
>
>
> How about DroppedCallular
- 12-31-2006, 04:25 PM #12JerGuest
Re: Cingular to change name
Robert Coe wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:36:15 -0500, "rjdriver" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> : "Robert Coe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> : news:[email protected]...
> : > On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:03:13 -0600, [email protected] wrote:
> : > : On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:19:23 -0600, decaturtxcowboy
> : > : <[email protected]> wrote:
> : > :
> : > : >Industry trade journals say the global name recognition of AT&T is
> : > worth
> : > : >the change.
> : > :
> : > :
> : > : 99% of Cingular's business is stateside.
> : >
> : > "Cingular" was a sappy name from the beginning. But amongst those of a
> : > certain
> : > age, the name "AT&T" conjures up dark memories of the hated "Ma Bell".
> : > It's as
> : > though George W. Bush tried to refurbish his reputation by calling himself
> : > "Richard Milhous Cheney".
> : >
> : > Anyway, the natural progression from "Cingular", now that they've
> : > swallowed
> : > another company, would be "Doubular".
> : >
> : > Bob
> :
> :
> : >> But amongst those of a certain age, the name "AT&T" conjures up dark
> : >> memories of the hated "Ma Bell". <<
> :
> : Hated "Ma Bell"? What would that certain age be that hated "Ma Bell"?
>
> In my case, 69. But you could be a lot younger. It was sometime in the 1970s
> before a customer in the U.S. was explicitly allowed to attach his own phone
> to the public network. Lots of us did it, of course, but we could have lost
> our phone service if The Phone Company found out.
>
> See if you can find the movie "The President's Analyst". It offers some
> additional perspective. ;^)
>
> Bob
Yup, art imitating life.
--
jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'
- 12-31-2006, 05:03 PM #13Dennis FergusonGuest
Re: Cingular to change name
On 2006-12-31, rjdriver <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robert Coe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> But amongst those of a certain age, the name "AT&T" conjures up dark
>>> memories of the hated "Ma Bell". <<
>
> Hated "Ma Bell"? What would that certain age be that hated "Ma Bell"?
I got a job with (pre-Worldcom) MCI in 1994, and at the orientation
presentation on the first day of work they made us watch a movie about
how terrible Ma Bell was. They weren't fond of the Baby Bell RBOCs either.
All I remember about the movie was a group of little old ladies hitting
people with their umbrellas.
Between that and the dress code (even engineers had to wear ties??)
I always felt a bit out of place working there.
Dennis Ferguson
- 12-31-2006, 07:26 PM #14JerGuest
Re: Cingular to change name
Dennis Ferguson wrote:
> On 2006-12-31, rjdriver <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Robert Coe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> But amongst those of a certain age, the name "AT&T" conjures up dark
>>>> memories of the hated "Ma Bell". <<
>> Hated "Ma Bell"? What would that certain age be that hated "Ma Bell"?
>
> I got a job with (pre-Worldcom) MCI in 1994, and at the orientation
> presentation on the first day of work they made us watch a movie about
> how terrible Ma Bell was. They weren't fond of the Baby Bell RBOCs either.
> All I remember about the movie was a group of little old ladies hitting
> people with their umbrellas.
>
> Between that and the dress code (even engineers had to wear ties??)
> I always felt a bit out of place working there.
>
> Dennis Ferguson
Somehow, being compelled to watch an corporate orientation film of
little old ladies beating other people with umbrellas *and* having to
wear typical office garb seems to fit into Ebbers' accounting models and
justifiable end. Questions can be referred to the penitentiary in
Mississippi c/o the Fabulous Five Finger Discount Team.
--
jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'
- 12-31-2006, 08:42 PM #15swGuest
Re: Cingular to change name
mij, don't give up your day job of promoting your domain >
TheBitBucket.com
In article <[email protected]>,
"Mij Adyaw" <[email protected]> wrote:
> That is a good one.
> >
> >
> > How about DroppedCallular
>
>
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