I wish I hadn't done it... (Migrate)

Ah, the lure of Rollover was just too great, so I did it. I migrated
my account from ATTWS to Cingular. In my home, ATTWS was my only
phone, with 4-5 bars of signal strength _anywhere_ in our 4-story
condo building, including the elevator. I assumed Cingular would be
the same. It isn't. I drop calls going from room to room in my own
unit. ATT phone = Nokia 3120. Cingular phone = Motorola v551, but I
doubt that's the problem. When I insert a friend's ATT SIM card into
my v551, the full signal strength returns. What's wrong here?

Silly question, I know, but will they let me reverse migrate?

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RexYBlue wrote:
> Ah, the lure of Rollover was just too great, so I did it. I migrated
> my account from ATTWS to Cingular. In my home, ATTWS was my only
> phone, with 4-5 bars of signal strength _anywhere_ in our 4-story
> condo building, including the elevator. I assumed Cingular would be
> the same. It isn't. I drop calls going from room to room in my own
> unit. ATT phone = Nokia 3120. Cingular phone = Motorola v551, but I
> doubt that's the problem. When I insert a friend's ATT SIM card into
> my v551, the full signal strength returns. What's wrong here?
>
> Silly question, I know, but will they let me reverse migrate?
>
>

Im sorry to hear that. I have been a Cingular customer for some
time..and let me tell you, their signal strength is complete ****.
Everywhere i go i have problems with it. Hope none of you make the same
mistake !

In article <[email protected]>,
RexYBlue <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ah, the lure of Rollover was just too great, so I did it. I migrated
> my account from ATTWS to Cingular. In my home, ATTWS was my only
> phone, with 4-5 bars of signal strength _anywhere_ in our 4-story
> condo building, including the elevator. I assumed Cingular would be
> the same. It isn't. I drop calls going from room to room in my own
> unit. ATT phone = Nokia 3120. Cingular phone = Motorola v551, but I
> doubt that's the problem. When I insert a friend's ATT SIM card into
> my v551, the full signal strength returns. What's wrong here?
>
> Silly question, I know, but will they let me reverse migrate?

You have 14 days to cancel your account with Cingular.

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In <[email protected]> on Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:54:00
GMT, RexYBlue <[email protected]> wrote:

>Ah, the lure of Rollover was just too great, so I did it. I migrated
>my account from ATTWS to Cingular. In my home, ATTWS was my only
>phone, with 4-5 bars of signal strength _anywhere_ in our 4-story
>condo building, including the elevator. I assumed Cingular would be
>the same. It isn't. I drop calls going from room to room in my own
>unit. ATT phone = Nokia 3120. Cingular phone = Motorola v551, but I
>doubt that's the problem. When I insert a friend's ATT SIM card into
>my v551, the full signal strength returns. What's wrong here?

Cingular currently allows roaming on ATTWS only when there isn't a "usable"
Cingular signal.

>Silly question, I know, but will they let me reverse migrate?

You can't get your own plan back, but you can go back.

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John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

Nothing...just stop moving around..
"RexYBlue" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Ah, the lure of Rollover was just too great, so I did it. I migrated
> my account from ATTWS to Cingular. In my home, ATTWS was my only
> phone, with 4-5 bars of signal strength _anywhere_ in our 4-story
> condo building, including the elevator. I assumed Cingular would be
> the same. It isn't. I drop calls going from room to room in my own
> unit. ATT phone = Nokia 3120. Cingular phone = Motorola v551, but I
> doubt that's the problem. When I insert a friend's ATT SIM card into
> my v551, the full signal strength returns. What's wrong here?
>
> Silly question, I know, but will they let me reverse migrate?
>
>

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:54:00 GMT, RexYBlue <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Ah, the lure of Rollover was just too great, so I did it. I migrated
>my account from ATTWS to Cingular. In my home, ATTWS was my only
>phone, with 4-5 bars of signal strength _anywhere_ in our 4-story
>condo building, including the elevator. I assumed Cingular would be
>the same. It isn't. I drop calls going from room to room in my own
>unit. ATT phone = Nokia 3120. Cingular phone = Motorola v551, but I
>doubt that's the problem. When I insert a friend's ATT SIM card into
>my v551, the full signal strength returns. What's wrong here?
>
>Silly question, I know, but will they let me reverse migrate?
>

This is just the thread I was looking for. I too got the 2 year thing,
after I had only 95% of my questions answered. That last 5% of
remaining questions would have kept me on AT&T, until the last
switch-over minute. I'd probably then have just gone to vz or t
mobile, I'm so disgusted.

I've been told by about a dozen people to include Customer Service,
and the mall shop, which aint worth a **** (not to reflect on the
individual persons), but it seems Cingular hasn't bother to train
their staff.

EVERY SINGLE CINGULAR SUPPORT PERSON I'VE SPOKEN WITH,
uses the same expression, on each of my concerns: "I don't know".
They somehow konw to say that I can't go back to ATT, and that I'll
incurr the penalty if I drop within my 15 day time period.

I cannot get a straight answer from them.

Reception? My " God Save Me! " service is about the same as my ATT
digital one rate.

I will start a new thread on my particular gripes.

George.

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 19:43:00 GMT, Jack Zwick <[email protected]>
wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> RexYBlue <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Ah, the lure of Rollover was just too great, so I did it. I migrated
>> my account from ATTWS to Cingular. In my home, ATTWS was my only
>> phone, with 4-5 bars of signal strength _anywhere_ in our 4-story
>> condo building, including the elevator. I assumed Cingular would be
>> the same. It isn't. I drop calls going from room to room in my own
>> unit. ATT phone = Nokia 3120. Cingular phone = Motorola v551, but I
>> doubt that's the problem. When I insert a friend's ATT SIM card into
>> my v551, the full signal strength returns. What's wrong here?
>>
>> Silly question, I know, but will they let me reverse migrate?
>
>You have 14 days to cancel your account with Cingular.

Unless you were on an ATT year or more contract, from what Cingular's
CS tells me.

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 22:38:17 GMT, John Navas
<[email protected]> wrote:

>[POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
>In <[email protected]> on Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:54:00
>GMT, RexYBlue <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Ah, the lure of Rollover was just too great, so I did it. I migrated
>>my account from ATTWS to Cingular. In my home, ATTWS was my only
>>phone, with 4-5 bars of signal strength _anywhere_ in our 4-story
>>condo building, including the elevator. I assumed Cingular would be
>>the same. It isn't. I drop calls going from room to room in my own
>>unit. ATT phone = Nokia 3120. Cingular phone = Motorola v551, but I
>>doubt that's the problem. When I insert a friend's ATT SIM card into
>>my v551, the full signal strength returns. What's wrong here?
>
>Cingular currently allows roaming on ATTWS only when there isn't a "usable"
>Cingular signal.
>
>>Silly question, I know, but will they let me reverse migrate?
>
>You can't get your own plan back, but you can go back.
Please rephrase that last sentence. I don't understand what you mean.

>

>--
>Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
>John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 23:09:00 GMT, <[email protected]> wrote:

>Nothing...just stop moving around..

Yeah, it's true about hind-sight being 20/20
I didnt really want to leave ATT. I had my gripes at times, but
nothing like this. Look for my post.

>"RexYBlue" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Ah, the lure of Rollover was just too great, so I did it. I migrated
>> my account from ATTWS to Cingular. In my home, ATTWS was my only
>> phone, with 4-5 bars of signal strength _anywhere_ in our 4-story
>> condo building, including the elevator. I assumed Cingular would be
>> the same. It isn't. I drop calls going from room to room in my own
>> unit. ATT phone = Nokia 3120. Cingular phone = Motorola v551, but I
>> doubt that's the problem. When I insert a friend's ATT SIM card into
>> my v551, the full signal strength returns. What's wrong here?
>>
>> Silly question, I know, but will they let me reverse migrate?
>>
>>
>
>

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In <[email protected]> on Sat, 27 Nov 2004 06:19:21
GMT, h_arle/yNO.SPAMd_avidso/[email protected] (George) wrote:

>On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 19:43:00 GMT, Jack Zwick <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>In article <[email protected]>,
>> RexYBlue <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Ah, the lure of Rollover was just too great, so I did it. I migrated
>>> my account from ATTWS to Cingular. In my home, ATTWS was my only
>>> phone, with 4-5 bars of signal strength _anywhere_ in our 4-story
>>> condo building, including the elevator. I assumed Cingular would be
>>> the same. It isn't. I drop calls going from room to room in my own
>>> unit. ATT phone = Nokia 3120. Cingular phone = Motorola v551, but I
>>> doubt that's the problem. When I insert a friend's ATT SIM card into
>>> my v551, the full signal strength returns. What's wrong here?
>>>
>>> Silly question, I know, but will they let me reverse migrate?
>>
>>You have 14 days to cancel your account with Cingular.
>
>Unless you were on an ATT year or more contract, from what Cingular's
>CS tells me.

You always have 30 days to cancel a Cingular service agreement.

--
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John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

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In <[email protected]> on Sat, 27 Nov 2004 06:20:16
GMT, h_arle/yNO.SPAMd_avidso/[email protected] (George) wrote:

>On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 22:38:17 GMT, John Navas
><[email protected]> wrote:

>>You can't get your own plan back, but you can go back.

>Please rephrase that last sentence. I don't understand what you mean.

You can go back to ATTWS, but only to a current rate plan, not necessarily the
rate plan you had previously, which might have been better than current plans.

--
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John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 07:42:02 GMT, John Navas
<[email protected]> wrote:

>[POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
>In <[email protected]> on Sat, 27 Nov 2004 06:19:21
>GMT, h_arle/yNO.SPAMd_avidso/[email protected] (George) wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 19:43:00 GMT, Jack Zwick <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>In article <[email protected]>,
>>> RexYBlue <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ah, the lure of Rollover was just too great, so I did it. I migrated
>>>> my account from ATTWS to Cingular. In my home, ATTWS was my only
>>>> phone, with 4-5 bars of signal strength _anywhere_ in our 4-story
>>>> condo building, including the elevator. I assumed Cingular would be
>>>> the same. It isn't. I drop calls going from room to room in my own
>>>> unit. ATT phone = Nokia 3120. Cingular phone = Motorola v551, but I
>>>> doubt that's the problem. When I insert a friend's ATT SIM card into
>>>> my v551, the full signal strength returns. What's wrong here?
>>>>
>>>> Silly question, I know, but will they let me reverse migrate?
>>>
>>>You have 14 days to cancel your account with Cingular.
>>
>>Unless you were on an ATT year or more contract, from what Cingular's
>>CS tells me.
>
>You always have 30 days to cancel a Cingular service agreement.


That depends on who you talk to. I have about a week left.
I'm told because I ported from an ATT plan to Cingular, that it would
be like cancelling out of a plan, and that I'm not allowed to go back
to ATT.

You seem to be well informed, though, so please let me know.

>
>--
>Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
>John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 07:43:07 GMT, John Navas
<[email protected]> wrote:

>[POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
>In <[email protected]> on Sat, 27 Nov 2004 06:20:16
>GMT, h_arle/yNO.SPAMd_avidso/[email protected] (George) wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 22:38:17 GMT, John Navas
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>You can't get your own plan back, but you can go back.
>
>>Please rephrase that last sentence. I don't understand what you mean.
>
>You can go back to ATTWS, but only to a current rate plan, not necessarily the
>rate plan you had previously, which might have been better than current plans.

I'd like very much to believe that, but every person I've asked tells
me otherwise. I CANNOT go back to ATT, is every Cingular CS
judgement.
>
>--
>Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
>John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

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In <[email protected]> on Sat, 27 Nov 2004 07:50:49
GMT, h_arle/yNO.SPAMd_avidso/[email protected] (George) wrote:

>On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 07:42:02 GMT, John Navas
><[email protected]> wrote:

>>You always have 30 days to cancel a Cingular service agreement.
>
>That depends on who you talk to.

No, you ALWAYS have 30 days to cancel a Cingular service agreement, as a
matter of formal corporate policy.

>I have about a week left.
>I'm told because I ported from an ATT plan to Cingular, that it would
>be like cancelling out of a plan, and that I'm not allowed to go back
>to ATT.

Not true.

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In <[email protected]> on Sat, 27 Nov 2004 07:52:43
GMT, h_arle/yNO.SPAMd_avidso/[email protected] (George) wrote:

>On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 07:43:07 GMT, John Navas
><[email protected]> wrote:

>>You can go back to ATTWS, but only to a current rate plan, not necessarily the
>>rate plan you had previously, which might have been better than current plans.
>
>I'd like very much to believe that, but every person I've asked tells
>me otherwise. I CANNOT go back to ATT, is every Cingular CS
>judgement.

If you accept that, then you only have yourself to blame.

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Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>