AT&T Buys Dobson Communications
Smart Move?
With the buyout of Dobson, does this mean that Cingular can expand their network? If so, it could be a great move for Cingular in order to enhance EDGE since everyone and their mom is constantly on the iphone Safari browser. A horrible situation though for Dobson customers. Could their be any good out of this deal for the customers?
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Not sure what good will come for the customers but I know that I AM NOT giving up my unlimited plan without a Fight. All CELL ONE customers need to start emailing AT&T and let them know if you take the unlimited plan from us we will be switching to another carrier....
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you'll probably be grandfathered into it but good luck upgrading your phone 🤣 and if you decide to go to another carrier it probably would be cheaper for ATT to say good riddance than to let you use UNLIMITED minutes on a national carrier
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ATT/Cingular is still run by mainly Cingular executives and their way of doing things, as so far its worked, as theygot 62-63 million people now.
Im gonna get right to the point: If your plan is deemed highly unprofitable, they will likely force you to change to a current plan, or if you need a new phone or any plan/phone related change, they could force you to switch.
Sign your contracts all you want, as all it means is that if they do decide to make a change like that, your contracts are void AKA your now OUT of contract.
Im gonna get right to the point: If your plan is deemed highly unprofitable, they will likely force you to change to a current plan, or if you need a new phone or any plan/phone related change, they could force you to switch.
Sign your contracts all you want, as all it means is that if they do decide to make a change like that, your contracts are void AKA your now OUT of contract.
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steelrzs1 said:
Not sure what good will come for the customers but I know that I AM NOT giving up my unlimited plan without a Fight. All CELL ONE customers need to start emailing AT&T and let them know if you take the unlimited plan from us we will be switching to another carrier....
Well, I still have a legacy AT&T Wireless plan that was dropped back in 2004, only days after the acquisition was complete. Because it's a GSM plan, I am allowed to keep it, but I will not be allowed to upgrade phones unless I pick a Cingular (AT&T) plan.
Because my plan works so well for me, I'm okay with that situation, but if I want a new phone/handset, I must look to other places, potentially paying that "full price"....
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ok after my inital rant I guess If I have to give up unlimited minutes at least I will have roll over I'll just have to modify my calling patterns and monitor my teenage son!!!! thats going to be the hard part.
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You will be surprised just how much rollover can be a good thing especially if your usage changes seasonally.
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Sorry to break it to you, but you're going to lose this fight.
AT&T will only honor your contract until it expires, at which point you will either have to sign a new contract under their rate plans, or move to a different provider.
A couple thousand of us went through this when AT&T traded customers in Alaska for some of Dobson's customers in California 4 years ago. There is a lot of legalese involved, but the short and the sweet of it is in the fine print of each contract, which states that the company is only required to honor that rate plan for the life of the contract. Period. It sucks, but they aren't going to lose any sleep over losing a few customers when they just aquired a few million others.
AT&T will only honor your contract until it expires, at which point you will either have to sign a new contract under their rate plans, or move to a different provider.
A couple thousand of us went through this when AT&T traded customers in Alaska for some of Dobson's customers in California 4 years ago. There is a lot of legalese involved, but the short and the sweet of it is in the fine print of each contract, which states that the company is only required to honor that rate plan for the life of the contract. Period. It sucks, but they aren't going to lose any sleep over losing a few customers when they just aquired a few million others.
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Sorry to break it to you, but you're going to lose this fight.
AT&T will only honor your contract until it expires, at which point you will either have to sign a new contract under their rate plans, or move to a different provider.
A couple thousand of us went through this when AT&T traded customers in Alaska for some of Dobson's customers in California 4 years ago. There is a lot of legalese involved, but the short and the sweet of it is in the fine print of each contract, which states that the company is only required to honor that rate plan for the life of the contract. Period. It sucks, but they aren't going to lose any sleep over losing a few customers when they just aquired a few million o
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Well, I still have a legacy AT&T Wireless plan that allows roaming in Canada at no additional cost. My contract ran out almost 2 years ago, and Cingular has not pressured me to switch at all. In fact, when I called in to report an overloaded network, they even sent me additional SIM cards in the event that I lost mine or they aged gracefully.
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Keep in mind that is most likely due to being lucky enough to have dealt with a good person at AT&T, and not a good employee FOR AT&T. I've worked for two providers, and for both, established policy was to either get customers like you to upgrade, cancel, or if all else failed, let you twist in the wind and provide zero tech support if anything went wrong.
As each SIM card contains a unique SIMLOCK ID code when they come from the factory, they have to be individually duped by a tech as each account is keyed to that specific ID. (Family accounts have more then one subscriber line, each with unique SIMLOCK ID's assigned, not the same ID for all as that would make it impossible to have seperate phone numbers) This is actually grounds for te...
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As each SIM card contains a unique SIMLOCK ID code when they come from the factory, they have to be individually duped by a tech as each account is keyed to that specific ID. (Family accounts have more then one subscriber line, each with unique SIMLOCK ID's assigned, not the same ID for all as that would make it impossible to have seperate phone numbers) This is actually grounds for te...
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That's the smartest thing you can do at this point, and what I've been telling my friends who've asked me for advice. (I used to work for CellOne until I left to go back to college full time)
I've heard of some customers who managed to keep their old rate plans when the change took place, but it took a lot of arguing and in the end, that plan is only good for the life of the phone, or until the company updates the network and stops supporting older phones, which is what ultimately happened a year and a half later. The only time I've dealt with one of these 'grandfathered' customers was the day the old network was shut down, and he came in fit to be tied because he missed a call from his work and his phone wouldn't ring or call out and di...
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I've heard of some customers who managed to keep their old rate plans when the change took place, but it took a lot of arguing and in the end, that plan is only good for the life of the phone, or until the company updates the network and stops supporting older phones, which is what ultimately happened a year and a half later. The only time I've dealt with one of these 'grandfathered' customers was the day the old network was shut down, and he came in fit to be tied because he missed a call from his work and his phone wouldn't ring or call out and di...
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