As I view these forums, I can't help but become fatigued while wading through the endless sea of pissing-contests. As we've seen over and over, these posts ge us nowehere. Regardless of how entertaining they are, one can only stomach so much "my dad can beat up your dad" banter. I recently found a piece on another site that perfectly describes the on-going debate.

For those who can view... enjoy:

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=142 »

Im thinking about getting a black Razr v3 that is unlocked. My question is how hard would it be to get the setting I need for SMS, MMS, IM, and WAP? Do reps frown upon unlocked phones and stubborn to give up the settings?

So, any company that has enough time and money to track my every second and flog me daily on stats that are far from my control should be able to fix the advertised view-minute feature. Let me get this straight. One of the "Cingular Advantages" I'm to push is the ability to use "*MIN#". However, the numbers are useless if you have M2M or are on a Family Talk plan. So the feature is useful to just a tiny fraction of Cingular customers 'cause we are really pushing M2M. Do I have that right?

This is how it should work: If you are on a Family Talk plan then you see the COMBINE anytime useage with ZERO imput from M2M. If you have a single line you only see the used anytime minutes with ZERO input from M2M. If you need more info then go online....
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A customer came in a little while ago and wanted to know about setting up a new line in her husbands name. She is an authorised user, therefore i check the plan to make sure. The # of lines and rate plan/technology types were correct so i tell her, "sure we can add another line, but your husband has to be here since its in HIS name."
She then gets furious and demands why she cant. I told her that its not HER social security # that is on the phones, therefore the husband would have to be present in the store to sign the contract. Then she swears up and down that she added the previous 2 lines onto the one she had w/out him in the store. I had to tell her im sorry m'am but i cant do it w/out him in the store. She ended up storming out of the ...
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ANYONE? 👿

My cycle closed out on 5/1/05. How long before I can see my bill online?

Has anyone heard of this? It seems like something a telemarketer would do running some type of scam.
The customer has 25 calls showing on his bill
to Glenwood, MN. Every number has the same area code and prefix, but the last 4 is different on every number. Odd thing is the last four all start with 0 but end differently.
I called every number and they all ring busy.
The customer has a blackberry device and during the time these calls were placed 4/18 to 4/22 the customer took a trip out there. Arrived in MN 4/18 drove to Wisconsin then back to CA on 4/22. They don't show up anymore, could it be his blackberry's internet?
Anyone got any info?

Is a good thing and I would recommend it to anyone. I got a new phone from him and he was very quick and efficiant and I recieved exactly what he said I would and in the exact condition he told me it would be in.

This is just so that all of you know incase you ever decide you may want to do business with user "texaswireless" from these message boards. 😁

Hey all.

I'm thinking about switching to Cingular from Sprint, and my wife's employer has a foundation account. Cingular gives some great discounts/perks to government employees, however, they (I called cust. service) told me I had to activate it with them over the phone and had to pay different prices for the handsets.

For example, online you can get the new Samsung P207 for $79.99. They told me it would cost me $250.

Can I activate the phones through an indirect dealer or even through Cingular Direct, and then add the government discount? If not, the 15% discount they're offering certainly won't cover having to pay almost three times as much for the phone!

Thanks in advance.

As everyone was expecting the Motorola V635 to be offered here in the US, they have taken it off of the Hellomoto.com website for the US, and replaced it with the Motorola V235, which is suppose to be released in the 2nd HALF of 2005. Also, I called up Motorola Customer Care, and they confirmed that it was cancelled, and will not be released for a carrier.

You can still find it online and in some Indirect dealers, but it will not be released for any GSM carrier here in the USA.

The V235 looks like a V600, but has video capture.
Here is a link:
http://gsmarena.com/motorola_v235-1079.php »

Are customers supposed to get discounts for being in the military? I have a customer with two lines and he was in the Navy, and he says he should be getting a 19% discount. I can't find it in the Retail Web Order form thing tho. Does anyone know?

TIA

-Joe

I just bought a V551. It has the S/W version
R47_G_08.17.0FR_01 on it. I found a newer version
floating on the web. It is R472_G_08.18.16R_0A.
Will Cingular upgrade my phone to this?
Does this version exist on the new phones being shipped out? It is supposed to add the new vibrate and ring among other things. The lady I bought my phone from says that she will exchange mine if she gets any in. I just wanted to find out if this was being issued by Cingular....

Has anybody used this car kit from SonyEricsson? I'm thinking about getting it but not too sure if it's worth the $200.

I'm a former ATT rep and I have numerous customers call me to port in a number to Orange. Does anyone have that number? Any help would be much appreciated.

got our first one in stock today. "officially" available tomorrow. 😎

Sorry about that. Is there a websire that will tell me where Cingular or anyothers have there towers?

Has anyone noticed that you get different rate plans when you go to different sites?

At least in my zip code this works...

go to:
www.cingular.com/indexa or www.cingular.com/indexb

here you get the (family) plans as usual. Notice on the part above that it says "Choose a plan $69.99 or higher, and add up to four additional lines for $9.99 per line, per month!"

Next try www.cingular.com/indexc

in this version, click familytalk plans on the right. It might ask you for a zip code. Next you are forwarded to a new looking page even though the front page looks exactly the same.

When you see an abbreviated list of plans, click View All or just get to the main familytalk plan page that lists all the plans. That quote liste...
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There is a cell tower that was supposed to become one of Sprint's tower sites, as listed on their Tower Maps web site, and the local Sprint store said it was going to be up in January 2005. Since then, no activity as to an increase in coverage. And with the merger announcement with Nextel and the Tower Maps site for Sprint indicating no green triangle in the same area...indicating the tower may not go up due to the pending merger.

Now there is a new antenna being added to the tower, it is very clear to see from many miles away. Does anyone know if Sprint is still expanding its network even though there is a pending merger with Nextel?

This is so freakin' rediculous to come to this forum and see the whole page with replies to something that has to do with nextel18. I come to this site for the useful information that most of you USED to put out there but for the past few weeks or so its been one huge flame war against nextel18. I know its hard not to respond to some of his rediculous posts but you guys are ruining this forum for the people that come here to find out useful information about Cingular. Do you guys realize that you are arguing with someone who is 21 years old? Im not saying hes a kid or anything, im just saying that you guys that are in your 30s and 40s, maybe older, are arguing like you are 12! Let nextel18 post whatever he wants. We all know hes wrong most o...
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Is anyone else having issues with viewing their plan minutes?