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T-Mobile/AT&T Compatibility

Jun 15, 2005 2:24AM PDT

I use att wireless and i just purchased a new cell phone on ebay because att stopped selling cell phones. Everything works fine with my att service except for the internet. if i try to do anything that i would have to use the browser for it trys to connect to "T-Zones" the t-mobile browser and not "Mmode" the att browser. Its obviously meant to be a tmobile phone but is there any way I can still use a browser with this phone and my att services? If not how else could I get new ring tones? Thanks.

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There is no longer a company callet AT&T Wireless.
Jun 15, 2005 4:55AM PDT

Where have you been? If you had service with the former ATT, now you should have service with Cingular, so no more mmode, etc.

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Dont post here
Jun 15, 2005 7:16AM PDT

I am an AT&T customer, i think id know if i was not. If you had att before they merged with cingular you still stay under contract with att. You cannot buy cingular phones or use their service areas. I still used mmode for months after the merger the only reson im not now is beacuse i got a new phone that it wont work on. Dont post if you dont know what you are talking about.

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You just answered your own question.
Jun 15, 2005 9:37AM PDT

When you turn on your phone it says "Cingular" correct? The plan of ATT would continue but not certain functions.

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This is correct
Jun 15, 2005 11:13AM PDT

AT&T wireless no longer exists as a company. Although there are still customers who still own original AT&T handsets, the bills still show Cingular at the top of the page. Former AT&T customers with their original phones may still keep their original calling plans, they are still Cingular customers from now on.

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If he was one of the acquired customers
Jun 15, 2005 11:56AM PDT

He's a Cingular customer only if he resides in a market that Cingular acquired. I'm only aware of Alltel & Suncom acquiring AT&T customers in markets that Cingular had to divest. I only wished Cingular would have had to divest the Chicago market, but I wonder why they were allowed to merge that market when Cingular already sereved the market before the merger? But I wonder what happened to customers in divested markets if they were allowed to keep their phones and plans, or forced to get new phones and plans. I know in Michigan, Alltel acquired most of the former AT&T customers in that state, and Alltel uses CDMA and AT&T was using TDMA & GSM networks.

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divested market
Jun 15, 2005 1:04PM PDT

If the phone was in Virginia or in the Carolinas, Suncom took over the old AT&T accounts. In those markets, Suncom forced all prior AT&T account holders to purchase new equipment by June 1st or their service would be automatically disconnected. Just thought you might find that interesting.

Cingular never told former AT&T customers they could not keep their previous phones w/ prior calling plans.