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I just got a new T-Mobile cell contract, because I can get 300 minutes, 400 text messages, and unlimited (if slightly crippled - web only) internet INCLUDING a laptop connection (which I'm posting this from now) for $42 a month. Which is $3 less than cingular wants to charge me for data ONLY on my PDA.
And the connection appears to be significantly faster, I might add.
Bye Cingular! I'll miss you not.
I had a t-mobile sidekick in LA at one point, and my big complaint was there coverage. Dead spots with tmobile in LA were a nightmare. The cheaper plan is useless to me if I can get a signal.
My friends have good luck in NYC anyway. It will probably be mediocre on the rare occasions i go back to Mississippi, but i'm keeping my SIM card and $9.99 a month family plan extra line, for emergencies.
Yeah, tmobile is supposed to be much better in NYC than in LA. Cingular has tended to be pretty good in S. California, most likely due to the fact that way way back they originated at PacBell Wireless and probably still have remants of the better coverage here.
Oh, and btw, Cingular is in the process of changing its name to AT&T...not to be confused with AT&T Wireless, which was a completely different company.
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Wait--didn't Cingular buy AT&T Wireless a ways back? And now AT&T (formerly SBC Communications) has bought Cingular and is changing their name to match?
Yep, that's right. But apparently AT&T Wireless was managed badly, so they're trying to keep Cingular's reputation for better wireless coverage while moving back to an AT&T name to save marketing money.
I read that it was going to cost them close to a billion to change the name to AT&T, on a par with what it cost to change the name from SBC to AT&T in the first place.
It will. But the guy on NPR last night said that that money will be compensated for by the amount they'll save when marketing bundled services.
OK, humor someone allergic to actually buying her own hardware herself ( I usually inherit or let someone else do ALL the work) : $100 for 160 GB external hard drive is ok? I've googled, it seems like it. I think. Only reason I prefer buying from a store rather than online is that delivery is a royal bitch for me.