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Enron. That cutthroat Ken Lay took the chicken's way out. Wouldn't put it past him if he went out and got some drug that induced that heart attack of his. Suicide by deceit...how appropriate THAT would be.

ATT Wireless was seldom a GOOD service during the last years of its independant existence let alone a great one as some of these plaintiffs appear to be claiming, at least in the region where I lived (Seattle). The original Cellular One--the McCaw entity--was who I started with in the late '80s, and they were FAR better than ATTW was ever for me, even though many Cell One execs ended up running ATTW. When ATT came around and bought Cell One to fold the bulk of that network into ATTW...that's when the slippery slope of downward quality REALLY began. Things only got worse when ATT shot off ATTW as a separate company; I was often told by cell vendors at the time that ATT/ATTW simply wasn't investing capital in maintaining their network, let alone improving it. Given the shell of a company ATT was at its OWN end and the amount of red Ma Bell was bleeding, and how ATTW's books were just as bloody, it would seem that those vendor statements were VERY true.

As soon as we were given the freedom to port our cell numbers to another carrier...I couldn't get away from ATTW fast enough. As to how good (or bad) Cingular is...well, I knew they had their eye on ATTW at the time, so I wasn't going to THEM, that's for sure. IMO, ATTW at its end was already a cesspool when it came to quality. It quite honestly is hard for me to imagine how it could be any worse than it already was.
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That's the way to WIN NEW CUSTOMERS! You tell 'em, Joaquin!  yogeee | 07/07/06
Please tell me this doesn't sound like what I think this sounds like.  Mr. Roboto | 07/07/06
Sounds like a M$ tactic  DarthRidiculous | 07/07/06
M$? Taken to a whole NEW level by  flatliner | 07/08/06
No, that is not what you think it is  Solid Water | 07/08/06
Cingular Customer service sucks  alphawiz | 07/19/06
cingular rape of AT&T  chgra4 | 07/07/06
Cingular=SBC(now AT&T) +Bellsouth  drichards1953 | 07/07/06
Then it's worse than what this story sounds like.  Mr. Roboto | 07/08/06
Cingular - Loweing The Bar.  Grayson Peddie | 07/07/06
wow, it's like at&t never broke up to begin with  nix_hed | 07/08/06
that's the benefit of wireless phones  echinn109@... | 07/08/06
Allegations confirmation  Solid Water | 07/08/06
A solution to the $175 cancellation fee - I just did this!  chgra4 | 07/08/06
Add SPRINT PCS!!  iichicago | 07/08/06
10 plus years  sfxphil | 07/08/06
Cingular is way better than AT&T Wireless by a Long Shot  SkipNewarkDE | 07/08/06
And opinion of one is just that...  rushnrockt | 07/09/06
Had ATTW, now have Cingular. No problems.  UncleBubba | 07/10/06
Was ATTW moved to Cingular - SUCKED  beejinx | 07/20/06
Unhappiness  mjrot@... | 07/08/06
Cingular Wireless: This company takes consumer toruture to a new level  mtnhiker@... | 07/08/06
we knew this from the begining  scandi | 07/09/06
Left them for T-Mobile  jhimes | 07/10/06
cingular's singularly bad ethics  info@... | 07/10/06
Raising the bar my ***  Shelendrea | 07/10/06
I'm very skeptical of Cingular.  Grayson Peddie | 07/10/06
Poor service from cingular  aarobey | 07/15/06
too bad for you  alphawiz | 07/19/06
Cingular Wireless/Spineless  beejinx | 07/20/06
cingular customer service  jditt | 07/21/06
Can't wait to leave Cingular Wireless  skswann | 07/25/06
No volume on my ATT/Cingular phone  bob@... | 07/27/06
cingular has bad sevice and customer service....  ll_triana | 08/09/06
Finally, taking Cingular to task  bepublic | 08/13/06
Former ATT customer  laknc | 08/24/06
I'm a victim too (with 2 lines)  akobus | 09/12/06
my tale/trouble with att and cingular continues:  genevieve133 | 02/22/07

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