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[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

Im just going to say screw ATT. If they try to recharge me so be it.

 

[09civic 5,000+ posts]

Well before was cingular which was bellsouth and so on i thought

 

[wickedwitt 10+ year member]

Well before was cingular which was bellsouth and so on i thought

BellSouth still owns all of ATT/Cingular, practically every land line fiber, and practically all cell phone signal bandwidth. Like Spider said, doesn't matter who you 'think' you have for a company, Ma Bell still sees part of that money.

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

That'a boy. **** your whole credit score up.

They will still get their money. I was only concerned about them recharging the fees they fixed that shouldnt have been there to begin with. My credit score is so good I screw it up 2 times over and still have great credit.

 

[wickedwitt 10+ year member]

It is all a big ******* game they have to play because the government came in and slapped their wrist back in the 90's (???) and made them break up their monopoly. That is why you now have the big three: sprint, att, and verizon. Then all of the other companies are started up so the big three can take turns aquiring them. Its a joke really, but it keeps the government away. All the money still goes into the same buckets.

Finally someone who doesn't work in the phone business that actually knows this other than just me.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

i remembers being ATT.. then cingular.. then ATT again too!

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Yea and each time I had to get a new phone because they sims cards were not compatable for some stupid *** reason on each switch.

i'm actually waiting for a new ATT phone right now because they bought out the worthless Alltel assets that Verizon couldnt have...

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

going to get a samsung galaxy s. I think it was my best free option without signing a new contract and losing unlimited data. I'm out of contract so i can always jump ship at any time if they wont give me a new phone/contract but let me keep unlimited data like they did for their own customers when they switched it up..

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Say what? Verizon bought Alltel and had to give it to ATT????

ya you didnt know that?

The worthless markets that ATT never served.. N/S dakota, Wyoming, Montana... Verizon coudlnt keep when it bought Alltel. It would have left Verizon as the only provider in those areas.. and as part of your (accurate) assessment of government intervention, Verizon had to sell these markets to ATT.