the "new" at&t

[lemon]

Corporate History

The birth of the new AT&T is, in large measure, the culmination of the evolution of communications in the United States. AT&T's roots stretch back to 1876, with Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone and the founding of the company that became AT&T. As the parent company of the Bell System, AT&T provided what was by all accounts the best telephone service in the world.
The Bell System was divested in 1984 by an agreement between the former AT&T and the U.S. Department of Justice, in which AT&T agreed to divest itself of its local telephone operations but retain its long distance, R&D and manufacturing arms. Out of the divestiture was born SBC Communications Inc. (formerly known as Southwestern Bell Corp.) and BellSouth Corporation.
In the face of dramatic changes to the competitive landscape triggered by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, SBC Communications Inc. embarked upon a series of acquisitions to establish itself as a global communications provider: Pacific Telesis Group (1997), Southern New England Telecommunications (1998) and Ameritech Corporation (1999).
In 2005, SBC Communications Inc. acquired AT&T Corp. and created the new AT&T, poised to lead the industry in one of the most significant shifts in communications technology since the invention of the telephone nearly 130 years earlier.
With the merger of AT&T and BellSouth, along with consolidated ownership of Cingular Wireless and YELLOWPAGES.COM, the new AT&T will have greater financial, technical, research and development as well as network and marketing resources to better serve consumers and business customers of all sizes. The merger will accelerate the introduction of new and improved product and service sets for those customers.

dumbasses are setting themselves up again for a divestment again..

 

[Homer]

i hate AT&T and wont ever do business with them they've burned to many people including me.:yuk

 

[TheOriginalJames]

SBC >>> Verizon. You call them with telephone line trouble and they actually respond, figure out and fix the problem the first time with no hassles.

 

[Haus]

so let me get this straight. AT&T actually bought Cingular.

i was under the impression that Cingular bought AT&T wireless.

 

[lemon]

nope. i think bellsouth bought cingular, and then at&t bought bellsouth.

ill check it out later.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

Cingular was bought directly by AT&T.

 

[lemon]

ah, ok..

*forgot to look it up*

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[Charmer]

Had A.T. & T, for phone service and long distance years and years ago>>>>>>>>sucked!
**Every once in a while they try to charge me for bogus long distance calls; so far each time's taken a few months to clear up, but I've never had to pay. Asses!

Had Cingular for a few months for cell service>>>>>>>>>sucked!
**Phone never worked inside or outside around my house or in my neighborhood...no bars. Go to the Cingular store that is just TWO BLOCKS away from my house and I get 4 bars inside their store! WTF?! The girl checks the computer and says that our area, (including the Cingular Store!), is a dead cell zone. WTF?! (again!) "Then why am I getting 4 bars inside your store and no bars when I walk outside?!" No explaination could be given. Luckily I was still on the trial period and didn't have to pay cancellation fees.

Have Sprint now; get service inside my house; never had a problem.

 

[Haus]

im the total oposite of you. i had nextel/sprint. took a hamer to the phone put it in envolope. canceld the service and mailed the phone with the cancelation fee to them and left them a note saying "please hold while the nextel subscriber you are trying to reach is located" get with the damn times. your service sucks ass.

 

[OUZBnd]

never had a problem with sprint in the 6 years i've had it.

 

[pamperedchefkid]

At&T started a cell phone company awhile back, then the AT&T Wireless broke off of AT&T to become it's own company. Then Cigular Wireless bought AT&T Wireless. Now AT7T bought Cigular. Circle of LIfe?

 

[nyslick13]

i hate sprint, cingular is alright, but verizon is the best for me. By far the most costly, but i would rather pay more for quality, not quantity of my calls.