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Cingular or at&t?

custom

Jul 18, 2007, 8:16 PM
Im going on friday to buy the LG cu500v. If I put my cingular sim in it, will it say cingular or at&t? Will they charge me for a new at&t 3g sim?
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sm4096

Jul 18, 2007, 8:45 PM
No they don't charge for new sims with any phone purchase. If you have a old sim you can also get it changed for free. Make sure everything works within 30 day trial.
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atatprob

Jul 18, 2007, 9:19 PM
and the other half of your question, it would say att not cingular as the carrier
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sm4096

Jul 18, 2007, 11:04 PM
You have to go by what it says on the bill. ๐Ÿ˜
When I started it was At&T wireless. ๐Ÿคจ
Then came the a merger and the resulting company went with Cingular brand. ๐Ÿ˜ณ
Since then At&t (landline) merged with Bell South and the parent company of Cingular and chose to brand everything The New At&t.
Are you following so far? ๐Ÿ˜•
Ok as part of the merger and also for reasons unknown to me some customers where divested in certain markets. Cingular customers in Alaska where sold to Dobson as where the towers.
A few years later, New At&t purchased customers and towers from Dobson as the change did not harm competition as There are still the same number of Carriers providing service now as preceding this change. ๐Ÿ˜
In other markets a...
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kgsalady

Jul 19, 2007, 3:23 AM
And now The New AT&T has bought out Dobson Cellular One !! Round and round we go !
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atatprob

Jul 19, 2007, 2:01 PM
tho i am sure he was referring to what would display on his phn...
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custom

Jul 18, 2007, 10:29 PM
what all comes in the box with this phone?
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Rodimus Primal

Jul 18, 2007, 10:32 PM
THe phone, the battery(which is the back cover), the home charger and the manual.
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custom

Jul 18, 2007, 10:49 PM
how much for the USB cable and a 1 gig card?
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Hombre07

Jul 18, 2007, 11:24 PM
Well the universal price is...

Actually, no, there is no universal price. Where might you be purchasing them?
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custom

Jul 19, 2007, 7:02 AM
either the at&t store or best buy
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chocolateman85006

Jul 19, 2007, 2:23 PM
As far as I know, they should all sat at&t.
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atatprob

Jul 19, 2007, 2:28 PM
some do and some dont, i hear daily from customers that have handsets that havent switched over. new account registrations should never see cingular tho.
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chocolateman85006

Jul 19, 2007, 2:29 PM
That makes sense.
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