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4th Quarter not so good news

canddmeyer

Jan 24, 2005, 5:14 PM
http://www.comcast.net/News/BUSINESS//XML/1310_Gener ... »

Overall, Cingular was profitable for 2004.
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matty_719

Jan 24, 2005, 6:08 PM
I dont mean to sound negative, because hopefully the merger is good for everyone....

It sounds like Cingular bit off more than they could chew....
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Anxiovert

Jan 24, 2005, 6:18 PM
matty_719 said:
I dont mean to sound negative, because hopefully the merger is good for everyone....

It sounds like Cingular bit off more than they could chew....


Did anyone say overloaded circuits?
Failed calls due to this, and poor indoor reception.
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matty_719

Jan 24, 2005, 6:37 PM
The merger has NOTHING to do with your indoor reception. In a nutshell, all the merger did was change the name of the company you have service with.


People can be so stupid "The merger caused my car tire to go flat"
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PhoenixAshes

Jan 24, 2005, 6:44 PM
matty_719 said:
The merger has NOTHING to do with your indoor reception. In a nutshell, all the merger did was change the name of the company you have service with.


People can be so stupid "The merger caused my car tire to go flat"


Man I totally agree. I had a guy come in the store last week and say "You guys messed up my phone with the merger".
My response: That's really odd sir, Oklahoma City was not affected by the merger at all. Absolutely nothing happened in OKC.
The guys got extremely ticked off and threw his phone on the ground in front of the kiosk. 😳
I told him he could either clean up his mess or he could get escorted out of the mall by security. He didn't have insurance either so I...
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greyrat

Jan 25, 2005, 2:38 AM
good on ya! did these people forget everything they learned watching sessame street?
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PhoenixAshes

Jan 24, 2005, 6:40 PM
Anxiovert said:
matty_719 said:
I dont mean to sound negative, because hopefully the merger is good for everyone....

It sounds like Cingular bit off more than they could chew....


Did anyone say overloaded circuits?
Failed calls due to this, and poor indoor reception.



No man, only you. Don't look to hard at that so-called "loss". Having 49.1 million customers will make up for that real quick. It's odd, because I have only seen one article that says that Cingular did poorly during the 4th quarter(truly the headline was the only thing discouraging, the rest of the article showed how well Cingular was doing). Every other article I have read says the same thing...."Aw...
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VOLVORacr

Jan 24, 2005, 6:46 PM
Any cellular company making money is a good thing. For quite a while the only company making any money was Verizon.
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speck

Jan 25, 2005, 1:18 PM
Correction... VZW & Cingular have been the only carriers making money... This qtr is the only qtr we haven't turned a profit... but then we kicked butt in net adds.
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jramossteel

Jan 24, 2005, 8:07 PM
PhoenixAshes said:
Anxiovert said:
matty_719 said:
I dont mean to sound negative, because hopefully the merger is good for everyone....

It sounds like Cingular bit off more than they could chew....


Did anyone say overloaded circuits?
Failed calls due to this, and poor indoor reception.



No man, only you. Don't look to hard at that so-called "loss". Having 49.1 million customers will make up for that real quick. It's odd, because I have only seen one article that says that Cingular did poorly during the 4th quarter(truly the headline was the only thing discouraging, the rest of the article showed how well Cingular was doing). Every other article
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RUFF1415

Jan 24, 2005, 10:25 PM
Oh yeah becasue you know those 1.8 million new subscribers and that lower churn rate really shows it.

Note the sarcasm.
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silentPANIC24

Jan 25, 2005, 3:45 PM
AMEN!!

I mean, if Cingular had such a great fourth quarter, then they should be able to pay my commission! Still waiting for the Xmas eve check!

🤭
I miss AT&T Hard Core!
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sharpie

Jan 25, 2005, 3:49 PM
unfortunatly we get paid behind it sucks!!!
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wally77

Jan 25, 2005, 8:34 PM
I'm not shocked by this ad. We were slow as hell in december and they raised our quota making it even worse.
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