Cingular to be renamed as AT&T

[mcs328]

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/business/2005-11-20-cingular-att_x.htm?csp=34

Blah blah blah...confused. From what I remember Cingular bought AT&T Wireless and became Cingular. SBC bought AT&T local and long distance phone service. Now or soon Cingular will be called AT&T Wireless and SBC will rename itself to AT&T.

All that Cingular marketing seemed to be wasteful to me but I guess back then AT&T wasn't doing so hot and now the use of AT&T seems more marketable for SBC just in brand recognition.

Man it's going to be confusing for those folks who were with AT&T before the merger and haven't changed their plan and want to upgrade to the new AT&T if they offer different plans than what Cingular offers.

[brainsmile]

I have AT&T wireless so it's all the same for me

[zero2dash]

...meanwhile the customer service centers grow worse and worse. :deal:

I just hope that my Dish, DSL, or local phone service doesn't start having "problems" otherwise I'm in for a long and painful phone call. *sigh* All these mergers lately...not good news for consumers when all signs of "competition" are phased out.

[kgsilvas]

Sounds like a waste of money to change the name, yet again. Hopefully the coverage areas don't change.

[bachviet]

That's dumb since AT&T wireless service wasn't so good before Cingular bought it.

Cingular wireless is pretty good now but I hate its 2-year contract.