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6/18/2007 11:24:48 AM EDT
Anyone else noticing their cingular phone not getting service anymore?

I used to have full bars at my house, now i have "no service".

Out in the San Fernando valley (LA), I used to get great reception everywhere, not it's spotty at best. My calls are getting dropped left and right.

At campus, I used to get cell service everywhere. Now I have to stand in this one spot to get.

And yes, the phone is fine and my service is paid for.

6/18/2007 11:26:33 AM EDT
[#1]
Cingular is the only company I hate with every fiber of my being.
6/18/2007 11:32:50 AM EDT
[#2]
I'm on the Eastern side of the US, PA, and my service is fine usually, just up in mountains and crap, but that's expected.
6/18/2007 11:40:41 AM EDT
[#3]

Quoted:
I'm on the Eastern side of the US, PA, and my service is fine usually, just up in mountains and crap, but that's expected.


i've been really happy with it up to this point. I live in a rural area and get reception everywhere. Not anymore. Complete dead zone. It sucks, cause I can't get calls at my house anymore cause most of my friends don't know my house number.
6/18/2007 11:49:07 AM EDT
[#4]
We have had the exact same problem with our cingular phones for a while now. We used to get perfect signals here at home now we get no service at all. We have to go outside to use the phone.
6/18/2007 11:49:44 AM EDT
[#5]

Quoted:
Cingular is the only company I hate with every fiber of my being.


Likewise but with Sprint
6/18/2007 11:51:03 AM EDT
[#6]
Nothing can be worse than spit, I mean sprint. If it weren't for the boss paying my phone bill I'd ditch the thing in a heartbeat. 2 tin cans and a string would work better
6/18/2007 11:53:08 AM EDT
[#7]
I have had verizon, sprint, t-mobile and cingular. Cingular has been the best of the bunch for me.
6/18/2007 11:54:44 AM EDT
[#8]
Cingular / ATT is the absolute worst cell phone company in western WA.

I switched my cell phone carrier from them to Verizon a few years ago .... smartest thing I ever did in the tele-com world.

I would not go back if they offered me free service for life. Their phones / reception simply do not work worth a shit along the I-5 corridor in western WA / Seattle area.
6/18/2007 11:56:48 AM EDT
[#9]
You're in Kalifornia. Some group probably sued Cingular and forced them to turn off some towers citing a Swedish study of 4 mating pairs that indicated the cell frequencies may disrupt the mating habits of a species of grasshopper that has a spot in a different spot on it back than other grasshoppers.
6/18/2007 11:57:02 AM EDT
[#10]
I switched from Verizon about a month ago to Cingular.  (Company phone, not my choice).

I had a much better signal and much better coverage with Verizon, plus my Blackberry didn't interfere with the TV, computer speakers, and telephone.  
6/18/2007 1:54:33 PM EDT
[#11]
I been having the exact same problem for the last month, I think ATT has its hands in too much shit right now-- something is going on.
6/18/2007 1:59:35 PM EDT
[#12]
611 for customer service. Tell them that you want to report poor coverage in this area and be able to give a cross street or intersection. After about a week if it is not fixed, IM me and I will make sure that it is done.
6/18/2007 2:05:17 PM EDT
[#13]
My Cingular phone is showing AT&T on the display now.  Still working fine with full bars.
6/18/2007 2:32:06 PM EDT
[#14]
I had Cingular for my business cell, while my personal is Verizon. I travel the entire country for my job so I really get a good idea of cell coverage. My cingular phone dropped almost every single call I recieved while I was moving. It was so bad that I had to call customers back on my personal cell to finish conversations because I couldn't stop to talk to every single person.

Their coverage is so bad that I had my company switch to Verizon. I have been very pleased ever since. They are definitely not perfect, but I get a heck of alot more done while on the move now.

I checked my cingular cell against a couple of friends phones and the signal was the same at all time. I bet that they would not have faired better.
6/18/2007 4:12:48 PM EDT
[#15]
Just switched to Cingular, finding they drop more calls than Verizon did. Probably I'll drop them when the contract runs out if not before. May be worth the $175 to find someone else. I still have 20 months to go on this contract.
6/18/2007 5:04:38 PM EDT
[#16]

Quoted:
You're in Kalifornia. Some group probably sued Cingular and forced them to turn off some towers citing a Swedish study of 4 mating pairs that indicated the cell frequencies may disrupt the mating habits of a species of grasshopper that has a spot in a different spot on it back than other grasshoppers.


What kind of loser is so obsessed with bashing people from another state? Seriously.

Where are you? I notice you haven't put what state your in. Where's your pride for your state?

6/18/2007 5:05:26 PM EDT
[#17]

Quoted:
611 for customer service. Tell them that you want to report poor coverage in this area and be able to give a cross street or intersection. After about a week if it is not fixed, IM me and I will make sure that it is done.


Okay, I'll try that tomorrow. I don't get cell service anywhere on my property now.

Thanks
6/18/2007 5:10:11 PM EDT
[#18]
We've done that at least 6 times now here.  They said they'd send a truck out to check the area sometime. I have no clue whether they did or not. It wouldnt do anygood anyway since the problem only happens inside the house.
6/18/2007 5:10:56 PM EDT
[#19]
I hate cingular/att with a passion,  they suck the big boar tittie.





6/18/2007 5:17:11 PM EDT
[#20]
I use Cingular and I had a phone conversation earlier today with a friend.  No problems, but I do need to recharge my phone a little sooner than I planned.


Quoted:
You're in Kalifornia. Some group probably sued Cingular and forced them to turn off some towers citing a Swedish study of 4 mating pairs that indicated the cell frequencies may disrupt the mating habits of a species of grasshopper that has a spot in a different spot on it back than other grasshoppers.
El cheapo joke noted.