"Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in message
news:utaVj.37861$gB5.8129@fe105.usenetserver.com.. .
> At 09 May 2008 09:23:03 -0400 beadsbyirene wrote:
>>
>> Where have you been the past year? There is no Cingular anymore.
>> ATT bought
>> them out. If you're getting lousy service you're getting it from ATT
> which
>> normally doesn't give 'lousy' service. Their service is usually
>> 'abominable'.
>
>
> *Sigh* AT&T did NOT "buy out" Cingular. Cingular's parent company, SBC
> (Southwestern Bell) bought (what was left of) AT&T,and renamed themselves
> and their "Cingular" wireless divison, to "AT&T" for the name-brand
> recognition.

Actually they bought BellSouth which owned Cingular...