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    cloud9X
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    CellDealer
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    I think Cingular is going to keep everyones current plan from ATT and if they want to come over to a better Cingular plan they have to extend their contract.
    There may be many people LIKE me, but baby theres only one Eddy Trogen.



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    Well Folks... The Official Study results are in... and it doesn't look very good for Cingular... or AT&T... or Sprint.

    These three are at the bottom of the poop pile for major problems regarding poor coverage/reception, overbilling and general billing errors, REFUSAL to correct said errors, and poor customer service.

    I personally became interested in this subject after having a multitude of service and billing problems with Cingular for over two years. These problems eventually led to my receiving a bill for over $3,000... when the bill should have been no more than $300.

    Granted, I had experienced this problem with Cingular before... but NEVER on this scale! At first, I thought that a simple phone call would straighten everything out... But it didn't. And that's where the nightmare began. To make a long story short... Cingular ended up basically extorting over $1000 bucks from my family over this situation... and they even damaged my credit in a malicious manner.

    For those of you out there that are satisfied with your Cingular service... I'm glad for you, and you should consider yourself VERY lucky because you would not believe how many people on the Internet are complaining about getting ripped-off by Cingular!

    Check out the details at my site if you want, and if you have any questions feel free to email me for more info.

    http://www.freewebs.com/cingularrippedmeoff/



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    zachman2805
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    I think the Cingular Acquistion for Bellsouth and SBC was done because they had to. While I really wish Vodafone had won the bidding wars, this all really does make since.

    Micheal Powell, Chairman of the FCC recently ruled that Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) doesn't have to be regulated in Telecom charges, so small startup companies like Vonage have unlimited room to grow. What this ruling means for the telcom providers is that they literally are going to lose their Long-Distance industries because people can make a call from Boston to Bangkok, Liverpool to Los Angeles over their DSL and Cable Modems. Obviously, broadband isn't yet in every home in America, but from a longterm perspective, this will eventually big a major threat to the telecom providers.

    With this in mind, Bellsouth and Sbc know that they have to become stronger in other regulated industries to make up for the exponential slack in the coming years of their Long Distance Services. Those two areas are 1. Wireless Comunications and 2. Broadband Servives.

    As we all know, the at&t acquisition set Cingular as the largest wireless service provider, beating out Verizon Wireless with 46 million subscribers. If they control the wireless industry, they will ultimately be able to maintain some influence in the Long Distance industry considering we make soo many calls from our cellphones. I believe the proof that I'm correct is because SBC and Bellsouth weren't able to do a stock swap since Cingular isn't a public company. $41 Billion dollars "CASH" payment is incredible, even w/ todays inflation figures. It proves they really needed this at&t acquisiton, and I bet you within the next few years, as the largest provider, Cingular will go public.

    In order to have a great say in the VOIP regulations, this is why Bellsouth has been working hard to compete with the competing DSL and Cable Providers. I look here in Atlanta where I live, and Bellsouth has just offered for under $50 a month, 3.0Mbps Downstream/ 384k Upstream, including a Static IP! $50 6 months ago would only get you 1.5 Mbps Down/ 128 or 256K Up and a dynamic IP. I see them being extremely aggressive in controlling the Broadband Market, not to mention the fact that the Baby Bells own all the Telecom Lines anyways. So just about every other provider are paying usage fee's to the Baby Bells for using the lines that they own. Almost every year, the FCC has tried to force them to sell some of these lines or recieve a fine, and they've gracious accepted the fines every year. They have to hold on to these markets.

    Here's why I wish Vodafone had been more aggressive tho.

    1. They are European, and for some reason the best phones seem to hit Europe before they arrive in the US.
    2. They have over 100 million subscribers making them I do believe the largest service provider in the world, so I believe they are always first to test new technologies and bring new services to their customers.
    3. It would require them to drop all ties to Verizon Wireless, perhaps meaning that CDMA would fall as a major service in the US and GSM would be King.

    My only concern was at the time of the merger, I think the GPB was 1 - 1.36 meaning they recieved 36 cents per dollar they spent here. I don't know if this would mean that our plans would've increased or whether the extensive volume to their already 100 million subscribers would actually take the prices down. Anywayz, thats what I think of this merger.



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