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Cingular To Offer Mobile High-Speed Internet

Posted by timothy on from the a-held-breath-never-boils dept.

ArbiterOne writes "ZDNet has the story: Cingular is moving ahead with its plans to offer wireless high-speed Internet access to consumers. Lucent Technologies has agreed to provide the technology, and Cingular has agreed to buy out AT&T Wireless, and become the number-one cell carrier in the US."

3 of 207 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Fantastic by polecat_redux · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's only rape if you don't want it. ;)

  2. More like number none by mboverload · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    How do 2 shitty companies merging make it the number-one carrier in the US?

    They all blow.

  3. Re:I hope it's better than their phone service by Morham · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    1) We signed a contract for them to provide me with service. Yeah, it said they don't guarantee service indoors, but where the hell else am I going to use the phone?

    Outside, like the agreement/contract you paid for.

    Right now I have to go outside to get any signal (T-Mobile, SE-T610). Granted, I live in a walk-out basement, but everyone in the area has horrible service, even outside.

    ABSOLUTELY a rightful bitch! Complain your butt off!

    Don't they owe it to us at least *making an effort* to provide service indoors, or using technnology to provide an alternative to a wired connection or external antenna?

    No. See contract above.

    I mean, it's not like we signed a contract or pay them hundreds of dollars a year, right?

    Yep. If it is crucial to make phone calls from the inside location, wouldn't the cheap pots line for about $200 bucks a year fill the void? If you can't afford both, then maybe you shouldn't have purchased a "multiyear contract which you knew may not work from the inside, wireless luxury".

    Sorry, just in a bad mood this morning.