Comments on: Cingular to change name to AT&T http://gigaom.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:07:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 4G Plan Update: Who’s Doing What With Mobile Broadband Through 2013 http://gigaom.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110889 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:01:37 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110889 [...] San Francisco, T-Mobile was still betting on Wi-Fi, Verizon’s EVDO rollout was half-done and AT&T (then known as Cingular) was just getting ready to start the 3G train rolling. Clearwire, meanwhile, was still just a [...]

]]> By: dale http://gigaom.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110888 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:09:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110888 As AT&T constructs the final pieces of the “death star” (take a look at the AT&T logo), the assimilation looks like it will be complete.
With the negative connotations attached to the AT&T brand (hell, they couldn’t even get long distance right way back when!!!)it looks like I need to purchase some stock in Verizon wireless as soon as the markets open tomorrow.
AT&T killed Bell Labs, spun off Lucent that is still in the death throes, tried to develop Avaya to sell telephone systems and still doesn’t realize that the consumer doesn’t want a monolith to do business with. It looks like the breaking up of the Bell System has come full circle and we’re going to wind up with another monopoly that the government will endorse.
Do you really want there to be only one source in town for voice, wireless, cable, and internet? Well, that’s where we’re headed —– again.

]]> By: eric haller » realization: cingular changing its name so i will forget who they are http://gigaom.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110887 Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:35:12 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110887 [...] now i now why cingular is changing its name to at&t. it is an attempt to hypnotise me into forgetting the $250 bills that i have gotten each month since i switched from metro PCS. that was probably a horrible decision on my part, i am now thinking. if they are wise they should change their address as well. their pricing and the detailed usage reports that i have just spent the last half hour poring over are meant to horribly confuse the consumer (that means ME right now). there really is no other explanation. so, yes they better change their name. i wonder if i will feel less a sense of violation having my wallet raped by such a venerable institution as at&t. not likely. is it any wonder that wireless carriers are so feverishly lobbying against municipal wifi? they have ME over a barrel (and i suspect you as well) and they want to keep it that way. this whole thing is a shame, because with the exception made of my wireless internet being down for over a week, i really do like their services, and have been telling everyone i know how cool i think the features are. i am not exactly a power phone user, as a vast majority of my communication takes place here on the computer. $250/month for the level of my usage is A FUCKING INSULT. i don’t feel like wading into their financials to discover that i am right, so if anyone has a defense for their pricing structure, please leave it in the comments. (maybe i should have kept my shares of sbc, so i could feel like i was somehow getting a reacharound? ok now i am going overboard). consider my zeal for municipal wifi renewed with fresh religiousosity! [...]

]]> By: Raj Bhatt http://gigaom.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110886 Thu, 24 Nov 2005 01:15:40 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110886 Om: I know you don’t care but pls. do change your inaccurate headline…

Cingular to stay Cingular
By Kevin Fitchard

Nov 21, 2005 4:11 PM

Cingular Wireless today dismissed speculation that it would revert to the name AT&T, following the lead of its newly renamed majority owner SBC.

A Cingular spokesman said today that the Cingular name is “alive and well,â€? and while AT&T would use the resale of the Cingular service under the AT&T brand as part of its wireline service bundles, Cingular would continue to operate as an independent entity, marketing its Cingular Wireless to customers nationally. The arrangement is similar to AT&T’s pre-merger plans to relaunch wireless services under the name AT&T Mobile as a mobile virtual network operator using Sprint’s network–now, however, the network will be Cingular, and AT&T will see a portion of its revenues refunded due to its ownership stake in the carrier.

]]> By: Scam City version 8.0 » Confusion From Corporate America http://gigaom.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110885 Tue, 22 Nov 2005 04:43:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110885 [...] Om Malik muses over the renaming [...]

]]> By: Johnathan http://gigaom.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110884 Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:46:55 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110884 I would *hope* they would not be allowed to swallow BellSouth. I’m fairly certain that the new SBC|AT&T and Verizon|MCI are now both too large to acquire BSouth.

On some forums I visit, it’s been rumored that Qwest might try to buy BellSouth. But I don’t believe that would really produce a stronger company. And Qwest is already a SprintNextel MVNO.

]]> By: Jon Gales http://gigaom.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110883 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:43:40 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110883 Raj: How did you get that out of the quote, did you see the part where it says, “if the company planned to drop the Cingular name in favor of the AT&T brand”… That makes it clear. Cingular is becoming AT&T Wireless.

]]> By: Jeffsters http://gigaom.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110882 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:00:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110882 I don’t care! I seriously don’t care!

]]> By: Raj Bhatt http://gigaom.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110881 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:24:59 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110881 Om:
I interpret Ed’s comment and the BellSouth response to mean that SBC (now AT&T) is planning to sell wireless services under the AT&T brand name.

That is not the same thing as changing Cingular’s name to AT&T.

]]> By: Maulik http://gigaom.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110880 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:12:19 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110880 CingAtt or whatever it will be called it is stupid stupid stupid. I am a Cingular customer I don’t see anything that is broken with the Cingular name(now service, it is better left uncommented), why fix it? This really beats me.

]]> By: Scott http://gigaom.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110879 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 13:31:21 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110879 I think they should focus on fixing their network problems and customer service issues. Changing the name can’t mask the fact that they stink.

]]> By: Darla Mack http://gigaom.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110878 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:16:27 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/21/cingular-to-change-name-to-att/#comment-110878 Cingular to Switch Back to AT

USA Today reports that Cingular will be returning to the ATT Brand Name in a ploy to omit its partnership with BellSouth, or at least thats my opinion of it. But spokesman for BellSouth claims that this will not be

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