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On 2007-08-17, Michael Wise <no@spam.invalid> wrote:

>> Guess you are 'technically" correct but some of us have been with
>> PacBell which then became Airtouch which then became Verizon, etc. as
>> the swallowing-up of regional carriers evolved. Maybe that is along the
>> lines he was thinking.
>
>
> Flawed as well as incorrect line of thinking. Pac Bell Wireless became
> SBC wireless and then rebranded wireless services to Cingular. SBC
> bought ATTWS, but kept the AT&T name for wireless.

SBC bought all of AT&T, actually.

> Today's VZW is made up mainly of the former GTE Wireless (where I was a
> customer), Bell Atlantic Mobile, Vodaphone, AirTouch Cellular, and a
> host of small players. No part of the former Pac Bell Wireless is a
> part of today's VZW (to my knowledge).

I thought part of PacBell Wireless spun off and became AirTouch. But I'm
not 100% sure.

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