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Cingular Rolls Back "National" UMTS Rollout

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atrain987

Jun 10, 2006, 3:24 PM

I doubt that performance is the issue...

I have used Cingular Video in many different Edge areas and its been fine. I think the real reason is Off-Network Data roaming fees Cingular is eating with these phones. A customer can use a huge amount of data in a small space of time.
See that doesnt ake sense to me.... Cingular owns ALOT of it's advertised network (thanks to the purchase of ATT wireless).
anorthrnsoul

Jun 10, 2006, 4:17 PM

Bad Business

Who is running this company? They can't seem to do anything right. I'm hoping the rumors i hear of Telephia suing them for their current fewest dropped call ad campaign are true as well. What a patheticly run corporation.
The fewest dropped calls claim is not Cingular making the claim it is a consumer reports company making the claim.
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Cingular has the fewestr dropped calls in my area, because the calls often don't go through in the first place! How many times in a row do you get thhe "Network Busy" message? I got it 9 times today, and didn't call during typically busy hours. Aga...
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Telephia is not suing Cingular for their fewest dropped calls claim, they are the company that is backing it up.

What you may have heard is that Sprint filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau over Cingular's claim. Cingular then in turn c...
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Protege

Jun 9, 2006, 1:58 PM

UMTS fully deployed by October???

Is that what they're saying??
My $0.02:

Saying? Probably. Happening? Probably not. Past track record indicates it will be at least 6 to 12 months beyond October before UMTS is available in the more general sense. Yes, I believe it will be out in several specific areas of specif...
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