Cingular to be renamed AT&T....
 

Hilarious. Almost too funny to be true.

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000650069010/

<Painful groan>

It wasn't even four months ago that I had been officially transitioned from AT&T to Cingular. Now I have to through it again?

Idiots. Didn't they just spend some insane ammount to rebrand everything to Cingular?

IMHO Cingular is actually a stronger brand then AT&T . AT&T is just too old, too stale.

LOL!!!! I actually preferred ATT over Cingular. ATT Wireless didn't charge to receive SMS. I doubt they'll be doing that anytime soon.

Great news, my AT&T branded Blackberry is now back in style. :D

uh, what? How come I haven't read this in any of the news this morning or the past few days?

Bellsouth owns a substantial (40%) stake in Cingular, I highly doubt they'd like the name change. SBC/BS has been happy with the Cingular brand performance. This has got to be a joke.

The new logo sucks. The deathstar rules, it doesn't need to be messed up, and the lowercase looks amateur.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/te...ular-att_x.htm

Actually, Bellsouth seemed pretty happy with this, they claim that anything that helps sales is welcome.

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i laughed my tail off. having worked in technology since divestiture began in 1975, i find this all too comical. obviously a name means nothing. or is it divestiture that means nothing. a shell game: where is the at&t name today.

ah, cool, finally reputable confirmation. interesting.

Speaking of laughing, I read the AT&T/SBC name decision while packing for BCN do in the wee hours of the morning. I was finding it hilarious that we're renaming Pacific Bell Park yet AGAIN. AT&T Park, you will!

Yay, the death star is back!

Ohhh, I know why.

I loved AT&T

I hated Cingular, they were a total nightmare to work with when they screwed things up.

They have such a bad reputation, they want to try to change that by changing their spots so to speak.

Great news. I like the new branding concept. Hopefully Cingular customers will begin recieving the exceptional wireless and customer service that AT&T customers once enjoyed.

I find this funny. I had ATTWS, which got bought by Cingular but then in NC was sold to Suncom but I got a letter saying that Cingular had bought back the former ATTWS customers in NC so that it would be Cingular now but I guess it is back to ATTWS.

I need a program to tell me who is on first. :)

The original Engadget story has now been updated. It's apparently not true. Cingular will still exist.

How very singular is this whole business. ;)

I still have my ATT branded phone and the SIM that came with it. I still - fortunately - have the plan I bought from ATT which no current Cingular plan can come close to matching.

As to service, I was with ATT during good and terrible periods. My luck so far with Cingular has been very good when I have needed them.

Cingular will still exist, but not everywhere. According to the usa today article: "Whitacre said AT&T might still use the Cingular name in some markets."