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NoiseDesign - Jan 13, 2007 2:21:23 pm PST #214 of 25496
Our wings are not tired

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.


Gris - Jan 13, 2007 2:30:11 pm PST #215 of 25496
Hey. New board.

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.


NoiseDesign - Jan 13, 2007 2:57:13 pm PST #216 of 25496
Our wings are not tired

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.


Pix - Jan 13, 2007 2:58:54 pm PST #217 of 25496
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

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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§ ita § - Jan 13, 2007 3:01:06 pm PST #218 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

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?


Pix - Jan 13, 2007 3:02:49 pm PST #219 of 25496
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

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.


§ ita § - Jan 13, 2007 3:05:07 pm PST #220 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

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.


Pix - Jan 13, 2007 3:10:39 pm PST #221 of 25496
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

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.


sarameg - Jan 13, 2007 5:00:15 pm PST #222 of 25496

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.


Liese S. - Jan 13, 2007 5:00:44 pm PST #223 of 25496
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Wow. This world is wrong when numbers like that make sense.