Cingular decision benefitting others

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I'm a Verizon customer and was just looking around to see how the other
carriers compared. Guess I can scratch Cingular off my list.
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In <[email protected]> on Tue, 04 Apr 2006
00:15:44 GMT, "susan" <[email protected]> wrote:

>"SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "http://www.cm-life.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/04/03/4430a072e4428"
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>I'm a Verizon customer and was just looking around to see how the other
>carriers compared. Guess I can scratch Cingular off my list.

Because ... ?

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susan wrote:
> "SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "http://www.cm-life.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/04/03/4430a072e4428"
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> I'm a Verizon customer and was just looking around to see how the other
> carriers compared. Guess I can scratch Cingular off my list.

Well the grass is always greener. But if you look at the JD Power and
the Consumer Reports surveys, it'd be hard to find an area where
Cingular is better.

"SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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By my reckoning Cingular's decision to declare personae non grata one out of
every 100 of its customers is alarming. Targeting college students away at
school runs the risk of these young people avoiding Cingular for the rest of
their lives, and warning others off as well. I guess it's things like this
that give Cingular its low Consumer Reports and JD Power ratings. I am a
satisfied Cingular subscriber, but I've warned others about the roaming
issue since it came up a couple of weeks ago. Perhaps the only thing
that'll save Cingular's reputation is if its competitors adopt the same
draconian roaming policy. On the other hand, maybe Cingular really can make
big profits by treating its customers like cattle in a feedlot?
Cordially,
Iopsy

Iopsy wrote:
> "SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> "http://www.cm-life.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/04/03/4430a072e4428"
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> By my reckoning Cingular's decision to declare personae non grata one out of
> every 100 of its customers is alarming.

I'm wondering if that 1% referred to the whole country, or just the
region that includes the affected area.

Back on Mon, 3 Apr 2006 21:53:46 -0400, while hiding out in
alt.cellular.cingular,"Iopsy" <cml@wayne,edu> surprised everyone by
saying:

>"SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> "http://www.cm-life.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/04/03/4430a072e4428"
>
>By my reckoning Cingular's decision to declare personae non grata one out of
>every 100 of its customers is alarming. Targeting college students away at
>school runs the risk of these young people avoiding Cingular for the rest of
>their lives, and warning others off as well. I guess it's things like this
>that give Cingular its low Consumer Reports and JD Power ratings. I am a
>satisfied Cingular subscriber, but I've warned others about the roaming
>issue since it came up a couple of weeks ago. Perhaps the only thing
>that'll save Cingular's reputation is if its competitors adopt the same
>draconian roaming policy. On the other hand, maybe Cingular really can make
>big profits by treating its customers like cattle in a feedlot?

Do you really think 1% of their customers goes to school in Central
Michigan, or that 1% makes most of their calls out of the Cingular
network?

Where did you get that number? I've read that 86% of all statistics
is made up on the spot.

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Marty Fried wrote:
> Back on Mon, 3 Apr 2006 21:53:46 -0400, while hiding out in
> alt.cellular.cingular,"Iopsy" <cml@wayne,edu> surprised everyone by

>> By my reckoning Cingular's decision to declare personae non grata one out of
>> every 100 of its customers is alarming.

> Do you really think 1% of their customers goes to school in Central
> Michigan, or that 1% makes most of their calls out of the Cingular
> network?

The report was unclear. They said that the number of people that are
making more than 50% of their calls off-network was 1%. But it wasn't
clear if that was across the whole country, or if they were referring
just to the region in question. I'd guess that it's the latter, based on
the the individual that was quoted.

> Do you really think 1% of their customers goes to school in Central
> Michigan, or that 1% makes most of their calls out of the Cingular
> network?
>
> Where did you get that number? I've read that 86% of all statistics
> is made up on the spot.
> Marty public.forums at gmail.com

I sympathize with your skepticism, Marty, so do your own research. I
suggest you begin by calling 1-866-775-8936. Ask whoever answers what
Cingular's rate of excess off-network usage is. From there you can pursue
the truth according to your own lights. Perhaps you'll let us know what you
discover.
Cordially, Iopsy

Somewhere around Tue, 4 Apr 2006 19:41:54 -0400, while reading
alt.cellular.cingular, I think I thought I saw this post from "Iopsy"
<[email protected]>:

>
>> Do you really think 1% of their customers goes to school in Central
>> Michigan, or that 1% makes most of their calls out of the Cingular
>> network?
>>
>> Where did you get that number? I've read that 86% of all statistics
>> is made up on the spot.
>> Marty public.forums at gmail.com
>
>I sympathize with your skepticism, Marty, so do your own research. I
>suggest you begin by calling 1-866-775-8936. Ask whoever answers what
>Cingular's rate of excess off-network usage is. From there you can pursue
>the truth according to your own lights. Perhaps you'll let us know what you
>discover.
>Cordially, Iopsy
>
>
Actually, I'm glad they have that policy, since I use Cingular. I wouldn't
want to have to pay for people that cause them to lose money paying other
companies' roaming charges.

But thanks for answering my question so well.
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