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kudos:4 | Come on now.... Would you guys settle on a name, scheme, picture etc and get your network in order? We have had a ton of dropped calls since June! | |
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Marietta, GA | Re: Come on now.... said by ptrowski:Would you guys settle on a name, scheme, picture etc and get your network in order? We have had a ton of dropped calls since June! No kidding. I've had tons of dropped calls too, and have encountered more dead spots in the last 3 or 4 months than I did in the first 12 or 13 months of me having their service. Their service is just awful now...for me. | |
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| Re: Come on now.... said by AtlGuy:said by ptrowski:Would you guys settle on a name, scheme, picture etc and get your network in order? We have had a ton of dropped calls since June! No kidding. I've had tons of dropped calls too, and have encountered more dead spots in the last 3 or 4 months than I did in the first 12 or 13 months of me having their service. Their service is just awful now...for me. Same here! I have been a customer since the Bellsouth days and never had the issues. Since June or so things have gone downhill rapidly.
Looking on their coverage maps, the areas that even show "moderate" coverage we have zero signal. I have been working with them to do network tests, etc but nothing. My wife is ready to drop them soon.
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Brooklyn, NY | Re: Come on now.... Ditto ditto. This morning I got dropped four times during a single call. The service has been crappy for the past three or four months now. My family and I are seriously looking at alternatives even though we've been with Cingular for nearly three years. | |
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join:2001-04-14
Warrington, PA | Ditto - I drop CingulAT&Tr like a dropped call and went with Verizon.
So far my calls have been landline like quality. Thanks AT&T. | |
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| Re: Come on now.... said by mep:Ditto - I drop CingulAT&Tr like a dropped call and went with Verizon. So far my calls have been landline like quality. Thanks AT&T. I would, but at $175 per line I have an issue coughing up $350 to drop a service that has sucks now. I am close though to them saying they will wave the fee.
The plans on Verizon are similar to what we have now, but I was not impressed with the Verizon phone lineup.
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North Andover, MA | Re: Come on now.... The one thing Verizon doesn't have is rollover minutes.. which is why we switched from Verizon. Tired of getting a bill once a year that was $200+'s. Always seems to be one month where my wife goes crazy. All the rest we'll use less than 300mins. | |
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join:2003-01-04
Grosse Pointe, MI | Re: Come on now.... You are right, no roll-over minutes like Cingular/AT&T. Had Cingular through my employer. Finally went with Verizon on the Family Plan which does offer shared minutes. I ended up carrying 2 phones...work/home. Now my Vzn contract is up, wanted to go to Cingular since AT&T took over cuz I heard more towers and tower power and I can add it to my U-verse or phone bundle. Good to learn now that service has not improved before I switch. Besides, On-Star uses Vzn and I can add it onto my Family Plan for $9.95 with an extra 100 minutes, so may stick with Vzn for now (new car). I thought I heard something about a common tower provider and separate phone companies. Anyone hear that? Is it likely? | |
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Saint Louis, MO | Yeah, it's funny. I'm in St Louis, and the people that I'm talking to that drop the MOST calls all have AT&T. One knows where his "dead areas" are and warns me when he is approaching one. Another friend dropped a call the other day sitting in a drive-up (not moving) on a major road.
I have Sprint and it is EXTREMELY rare for me to drop a call, and I can't specifically name a "known" dead spot in St Louis.
We were recently in the mountains in Colorado... while I was roaming sometimes, my phone worked everytime I tried to make a call. Two people with me with AT&T could not call from a decent sized mountain town. | |
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|  spewakR.I.P DadkinsPremium
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| Re: ENOUGH! said by battleop:I am sick and tired of hearing "The New AT&T" ever 16 seconds. Amen brother! I am also sick and tired of hearing: "Cingular is now AT&T". How long are they going to beat us over the head with that? 
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kudos:2 | Re: ENOUGH! said by MysticGogeta:AT&T is new new suck I would like to hear that because that is what I'm thinking. YES!
AT&T: Fewer bars in more places.
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No, it's "Cingular is now THE NEW AT&T" Get that right or face their army of lawyers. | |
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| | If I were a shareholder...... I'd love the perpetual branding strategy because we all know that customers base their purchases on the company with the most researched logo. Customers tend to find features, reliability, support and pricing as not-so-important considerations.  | |
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Here ya go, how about something like his.
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| Is that really considerd Rebranding? So what, the background color is Orange. The name is still AT&T. Is that really considered rebranding?
What's with orange and cell phones anyway? Cingular used an Orange color scheme and theres a UK provider called Orange. »www.orange.co.uk/
Orange must be the hip color for wireless. Verizon's close with their Red and black, but hey those colors don't make orange!
Oh and if the name is now AT&T why do phones still come with that STUPID cingular jingle ring tone. They should put that "All around the world" song by OASIS from the commercials if they really want to force a default ring tone. Better yet, make it sound like a phone when it rings. | |
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Plymouth, MI | Re: Is that really considerd Rebranding? said by cypherstream:They should put that "All around the world" song by OASIS from the commercials if they really want to force a default ring tone. No. I'm sick and tired of hearing that. It's in all of their commercials and it has been way overplayed. | |
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Austin, TX | Re: Is that really considerd Rebranding? Amen. | |
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join:2005-07-04
Queens Village, NY | Actually Orange is "française" (France Telecom).
They operate in many countries in EU and abroad.
(»www.francetelecom.com/en/our_sol···rldwide/)
And yes the color is orange.
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join:2001-01-07
Columbus, OH | Get rid of the Deathstar Logo And then maybe people won't consider you such an evil company.
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|  N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
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| | | | Re: Get rid of the Deathstar Logo said by N3OGH: NOW WITNESS THE POW-AH OF THIS FULLY OPERATIONAL BATTLE STATION No, the consumers are peaceful, we have no weapons. | |
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join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL | Re: Get rid of the Deathstar Logo You may fire when ready. | |
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| | | Come on, the Deathstar logo is great! The stupid lowercase "at&t" is what's ridiculous. The Emperor would never approve of that. | |
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|  pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | said by AdamB:And then maybe people won't consider you such an evil company. Would you rather the logo be shaped like a Super Star-Destroyer instead?
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North Andover, MA | Re: Get rid of the Deathstar Logo Yes, or a wookie. I would glady agree to a $5 increase in my bill each year for a wookie logo on my phone. | |
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The company also recently dropped their "fewest dropped calls" marketing -- a good idea since it wasn't true.
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join:2002-02-02
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1 edit | A pig wearing lipstick is still a, well,.... Unfortunately for AT&T, a firm recently found that customers actually liked the Cingular brand better.
No kidding.
After I fired ATTWS back in 2003 for atrocious customer service, it was a coin flip between Cingular and Verizon Wireless. The rollover feature won me over, but after four years of barely using any rollover minutes (partially my problem for being on the wrong plan), the uptick in dropped calls, and the rollback to the AT&T name, it's time to reconsider VZW.
The DeathStar will always be the DeathStar, I suspect.
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| Re: A Research Firm? said by swintec:Late last year, another research firm found people prefered the AT&T name over Cingular, thats why they switched. In fact, I remember reading that very story here on BBR...What IS going on here with these different firms. This happens ONLY when consumers have little-to no choice of providers...
Otherwise, you'd see a much broader picture, one where consumers make INFORMED choices to go with another provider.
In almost EVERY cellular market, there are at LEAST two carriers these days, so AT&T doesn't have a MONOPOLY on wireless anymore. | |
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Plymouth, MI |  New marketing campaign
said by at&t marketing :
The campaign will target both general and multicultural audiences and will also include online, print and outdoor advertising. In addition, an online extension of the campaign, the AT&T Souvenir Store, will launch in October. On the site, visitors will be able to enter the cities and states where they visit or have personal connections to create a unique name that identifies those locations as a group. For example, New York, San Francisco and South Dakota may become "New Sanfrakota." Visitors can then purchase their own personalized "Your Seamless World" merchandise, such as T-shirts and bumper stickers.
This is supposed to be "cool" and appeal to the youth market? How lame. 
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|  BuriedCaesarIt's Not Polite To Stare.
join:2004-03-27
Richardson, TX | Re: New marketing campaign Almost as lame as AT&T has been with their own name changes - seems as if that's what they really wanted to do - Hi, we're now SBATINGULAR!
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| | | | Re: New marketing campaign Maybe they are changing the "branding" due to all the hate the Iphone bills have caused? | |
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| | | said by Jim Gurd:said by at&t marketing :
The campaign will target both general and multicultural audiences and will also include online, print and outdoor advertising. In addition, an online extension of the campaign, the AT&T Souvenir Store, will launch in October. On the site, visitors will be able to enter the cities and states where they visit or have personal connections to create a unique name that identifies those locations as a group. For example, New York, San Francisco and South Dakota may become "New Sanfrakota." Visitors can then purchase their own personalized "Your Seamless World" merchandise, such as T-shirts and bumper stickers.
This is supposed to be "cool" and appeal to the youth market? How lame. It's called marketing strategy. The young people don't care and will spend their money on anything. Easier to make a quick buck off of them instead of spending more money trying to convince the older ones to change. | |
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|  SabreDi relung hatiku bernyanyi bidadari
join:2005-05-17 | Well, I'll give them credit for being cute. Though cute and cool are not the same.
Sure, it'd be cute to have cell phone stuff celebrating my ability to call Belmoretawney Park, but there's no way I'd buy anything like that. (Of course, I don't have ATT anyway, so it probably is lost on me.)
Once again, marketing thinks it can solve every problem.
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
kudos:18 | Where? New SanFrakota? | |
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|  Noah VailSon made my AvatarPremium
join:2004-12-10
Lorton, VA
kudos:1 | Ah. It's wherever you are.
Cozy?
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| |  NiarlanExcelsiorPremium
join:2002-11-09
Manville, NJ | Re: Ah. Remember...where ever you go, There you are
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| | different name, still spotty coverage Nice!
Spend all that money on advertising, as if people don't know who the F*!K you (AT&T) are.
Couldn't it (money) be better spent on adding cell tower presence? | |
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|  KA3SGM- -... ...- -Premium
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| Re: different name, still spotty coverage said by no one :
Couldn't it (money) be better spent on adding cell tower presence?
WHAT???
They're taking the towers DOWN around here.
Seems the OLD AT&T / Cingular had a nice knack for putting up cell sites without going through any Zoning, and without any Building Permits.
AT&T still believes it is a pre-1984 Federal Government regulated Monopoly, and that local laws don't apply to them.
Many municipalities have been working through the legal battles ever since, so now The NEW AT&T is being served with all of the Cease and Desist orders.
Switch To The Network That Works In More Bars
(The New AT&T reminds you to please drink responsibly)
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| | hambone42Peace, through superior firepowerPremium
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1 edit | Re: different name, still spotty coverage said by KA3SGM:WHAT???
They're taking the towers DOWN around here.
Seems the OLD AT&T / Cingular had a nice knack for putting up cell sites without going through any Zoning, and without any Building Permits.
[snip] Do you think they might be selling any on the surplus market? Now that I'm living out in the sticks, I could use something to hold up that stacked array of monobanders I've been putting off buying...
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|  txrocksWhateverPremium
join:2005-01-21
Irving, TX
kudos:1 | Re: what ever name they are now Maybe they will change the logo to "orange" no globe or other stupid shapes just "orange"
then Jeff can race with the car only painted "orange"
at&t = orange | |
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join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT | I wonder when they'll rebrand Uverse? I think a lemon color would be appropriate. | |
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join:2003-03-17
Maumee, OH
kudos:1 | sigh I miss the OLD at&t | |
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 ShadowMastrMaster Of All Shadows
join:2001-09-01
Fort Pierce, FL | Cingular, now AT&T, soon to be movin on....
I called my number to see what was up. It answers, then apparently autodials into at&t voicemail, and asks for you to enter the phone number of the mailbox you want to leave a message in, or to retrieve messages enter your code.
Problem with this is, who the heck knows what number they are dialing anymore??? It's all on speed dial, onetouch, voice, etc. Too confusing, too much trouble, so no one leaves messages.
With Cingular, if no one answered it just went directly to leave your message now... beep!
My contract is long up, but to switch I'd lose the great plan I have now that no one offers anymore.... 1000 anytime minutes with rollover for $40/month... I use so little minutes, I have like 8000 in the bank over the last 3 years... they roll off more than I use em.
But the 40/month plans offered now suck compared to that. I just may have to suck it up, but my only other choice out here is Alltel, which just got bought by a private company, so.... not sure bout that...
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|  HetermanPremium
join:2004-02-28
Fayetteville, AR | Re: Cingular, now AT&T, soon to be movin on.... That's probably something that has gone haywire in your profile. Have you called them to try and see what's up? That's not a "standard" for leaving voicemail, at&t or not.
Also, at least with my plan, I have found that cell phone plans have become more of an "access charge" than minute by minute anymore. With all the mobile to mobile and night/weekends, none of the minutes I have for "anytime" are used on any of my phones. So, that 1000 minute plan you have could probably be served with a lower "minute" plan these days. There are a few factors to consider such as will M2M be beneficial, but overall it all works out at least for me. JMO | |
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 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | Hot pile of. . . . . Steaming sh!t still stinks as bad by any other name.
Full bars and they STILL drop calls!
At least they dropped their fewest dropped calls ads, those were so full of crap it wasn't funny.
Get a bad reputation? change your name. LOL!
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