Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in
news:CIhVj.156$PE5.66@fe087.usenetserver.com:

> I skipped that part for simplicity (and irrelevance.) Cingular was
> always a joint-venture between SBC and BS. After absorbing both AT&T
> and BS, SBC was free to rename Cingular to AT&T.
>
>

A tangled web we weave.....(c;

BTW, the correct reference achronym for BS is actually B$, at least in
South Carolina....
Bell$outh....

,,,,sorta like Micro$oft.