Cingular now "Wireless from AT&T"

The Cingular rebranding has advanced from
"The New AT&T" to "Wireless from AT&T,"
according to:

http://www.wireless.att.com/about

I expect that this is an interim name, and
that by November, the company will
adopt its likely long-term name, AT&T
Wireless.

Cybersquatting oppportunity: the domain name
WIRELESSFROMATT.COM is apparently available.
However, registering it might be a federal
crime or an invitation for a letter from AT&T.


**********
1366294709

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On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:40:26 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Therefore, it's time for John Navass to start up alt.cellular.wfatt.
>(Oooo, how appropriate. He'll definitely be able to remember that name;
>it'll remind him of his prom date. That guy was wide and fatt, too.)


What do a few people have against John Navas? I have found his posts
to be helpful and generally correct.

Best,

Bob

Robert A. Fink, M. D., FACS, P. C.
Neurological Surgery
2500 Milvia Street Suite 222
Berkeley, CA 94704-2636 USA
510-849-2555

"Ex Tristitia Virtus"

[email protected] wrote:
> The Cingular rebranding has advanced from
> "The New AT&T" to "Wireless from AT&T,"
> according to:
>
> http://www.wireless.att.com/about
>
> I expect that this is an interim name, and
> that by November, the company will
> adopt its likely long-term name, AT&T
> Wireless.
>
> Cybersquatting oppportunity: the domain name
> WIRELESSFROMATT.COM is apparently available.
> However, registering it might be a federal
> crime or an invitation for a letter from AT&T.
>
>
> **********
> 1366294709
>


The only reason that domain name is still available is because at&t has
no intention of using it. If they did, they would already own it.

How bout at&t Mobility?

--
jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'

On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:55:41 -0700, "Robert A. Fink, M. D."
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:40:26 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Therefore, it's time for John Navass to start up alt.cellular.wfatt.
>>(Oooo, how appropriate. He'll definitely be able to remember that name;
>>it'll remind him of his prom date. That guy was wide and fatt, too.)
>
>
>What do a few people have against John Navas? I have found his posts
>to be helpful and generally correct.


For every helpful post he has an arrogant, rude, insulting post. And
when proven wrong he has never apologized.

--- Jer wrote:
> How [a]bout [AT&T] Mobility?

I think that the "mobile" and its derivatives
died out in US cellular marketing when GTE
Mobilenet became GTE Wireless.

In much of Europe, "mobile" is the prevailing
term for "cellular telephone." Even in Canada,
"mobil*" persists:

http://www.telusmobility.com

http://www.bell.ca/home/Home_Personal.page

Given the passage of time, "AT&T Mobile" might now
sound fresh enough to work. "Mobility," at four
syllables, seems longish.

We could start a pool: As of noon PST on
on February 1, 2008, what will be the prevailing
brand name for the operation known until recently
as Cingular Wireless?

To judge such a competition, we'd need a
Cingular maven.

[email protected] wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:55:41 -0700, "Robert A. Fink, M. D."
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:40:26 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>Therefore, it's time for John Navass to start up alt.cellular.wfatt.
>>>(Oooo, how appropriate. He'll definitely be able to remember that
>>>name; it'll remind him of his prom date. That guy was wide and fatt,
>>>too.)
>>
>>
>>What do a few people have against John Navas? I have found his posts
>>to be helpful and generally correct.
>
>
> For every helpful post he has an arrogant, rude, insulting post. And
> when proven wrong he has never apologized.
>

Physician, heal thyself.

Yes and the carrier on my phone changed from Cingular to AT&T on June 1st.
My wife's still says Cingular though.

"Robert A. Fink, M. D." <[email protected]> writes:

> On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:40:26 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Therefore, it's time for John Navass to start up alt.cellular.wfatt.
> >(Oooo, how appropriate. He'll definitely be able to remember that name;
> >it'll remind him of his prom date. That guy was wide and fatt, too.)
>
>
> What do a few people have against John Navas? I have found his posts
> to be helpful and generally correct.

Yeah, me too.

Maybe the under 16 year old crowd that frequents the wireless groups
doesn't like him? Dunno.

--
Todd H.
http://toddh.net/

I agree, OK he's opinionated but I enjoy reading his posts and find them
helpful, I've seen this from many people but here and on the irc. And
he's pretty tame compared to most.


"> What do a few people have against John Navas? I have found his posts
> to be helpful and generally correct.
>
> Best,
>
> Bob
>
> Robert A. Fink, M. D., FACS, P. C.
> Neurological Surgery
> 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222
> Berkeley, CA 94704-2636 USA
> 510-849-2555
>
> "Ex Tristitia Virtus"

> The only reason that domain name is still available is because at&t has
> no intention of using it. If they did, they would already own it.

Besides its easier to type www.cingular.com then www.wireless.att.com.

On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:18:35 -0700, [email protected] wrote:

>The Cingular rebranding has advanced from
>"The New AT&T" to "Wireless from AT&T,"
>according to:
>
> http://www.wireless.att.com/about
>
>I expect that this is an interim name, and
>that by November, the company will
>adopt its likely long-term name, AT&T
>Wireless.
>
>Cybersquatting oppportunity: the domain name
>WIRELESSFROMATT.COM is apparently available.
>However, registering it might be a federal
>crime or an invitation for a letter from AT&T.
>
>
>**********
>1366294709

Is the word "wireless" really necessary anymore?

It is alleged that Michael Paris claimed:

> Yes and the carrier on my phone changed from Cingular to AT&T on June 1st.
> My wife's still says Cingular though.

The carrier banner on my Treo still says Cingular. The Treo itself is
not locked to any carrier and never was.

--
Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol

"You cannot be president of the United States if you don't have faith.
Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial and the Civil
War and all that stuff. You can't be. And we are blessed. So don't
feel sorry for George W. Bush, don't cry for me, Argentina." - George
W. Bush

[email protected] wrote:
> --- Jer wrote:
>> How [a]bout [AT&T] Mobility?
>
> I think that the "mobile" and its derivatives
> died out in US cellular marketing when GTE
> Mobilenet became GTE Wireless.
>
> In much of Europe, "mobile" is the prevailing
> term for "cellular telephone." Even in Canada,
> "mobil*" persists:
>
> http://www.telusmobility.com
>
> http://www.bell.ca/home/Home_Personal.page
>
> Given the passage of time, "AT&T Mobile" might now
> sound fresh enough to work. "Mobility," at four
> syllables, seems longish.
>
> We could start a pool: As of noon PST on
> on February 1, 2008, what will be the prevailing
> brand name for the operation known until recently
> as Cingular Wireless?
>
> To judge such a competition, we'd need a
> Cingular maven.


My own maven has already informed me the official name for at&t's
wireless operations unit is, in fact, "AT&T Mobility". Hope that don't
bust anybody's bubble.


--
jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'

Jeffrey Kaplan <[email protected]> wrote:
> It is alleged that Michael Paris claimed:

> > Yes and the carrier on my phone changed from Cingular to AT&T on
> > June 1st. My wife's still says Cingular though.

> The carrier banner on my Treo still says Cingular. The Treo itself is
> not locked to any carrier and never was.

I think the 3G SIMs will change to AT&T, and some, maybe all, older SIMs
will stay at Cingular.

It has nothing to do with the phone, since the phone has no subscription,
per se, locked or not.

My unlocked V551 shows "Cingular" with a 64K SIM in it, AT&T with a 3G SIM
in it.

That 3G SIM showed Cingular in the past, and changed to AT&T during May.

The phones also display Cingular/AT&T in areas that do not have Cingular
coverage, but there is coverage from another carrier listed as an AT&T
partner in advertisements, which is different from the other carrier in the
same area. Sometimes the display says AT&T, but dialing a bogus number
gets a message from Edge Wireless. Sometimes the display shows no carrier
information, and the message is from US Cellular.


--
Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5

Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>> The Cingular rebranding has advanced from
>> "The New AT&T" to "Wireless from AT&T,"
>> according to:
>>
>> http://www.wireless.att.com/about
>>
>> I expect that this is an interim name, and
>> that by November, the company will
>> adopt its likely long-term name, AT&T
>> Wireless.
>
> Probably not.
>
> Therefore, it's time for John Navass to start up alt.cellular.wfatt.

alt.cellular.attws is a good match for "Wireless from AT&T," and it
already exists.

[Copied to alt.cellular.attws. Please post all alt.cellular.cingular
non-spam posts to alt.cellular.attws as well. The Cingular name is going
away, and alt.cellular.attws is the proper venue for posts regarding
AT&T's Wireless Service.]