What’s With The New AT&T? - And Response (4) (The Chattanoogan)
My question is, what is going on with the “New AT&T”? I just ended cell service with AT&T after 20 years. At first it was BellSouth, then it was AT&T, then back to BellSouth. When Cingular purchased it I really didn’t know what to expect. But, I liked Cingular. I always knew what my bill would be.
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T-Mobile, AT&T Ordered to Stop Advertising that their Voicemail Systems are Secure (O’Reilly Media)
I first reported a security issue in the AT&T/Cingular voicemail system on February 1, 2006. Now, after 2.5 years, the LA District Attorney’s office has banned AT&T and T-Mobile from saying that their voicemail systems are secure.
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Verizon relents, promises to open GPS on some WinMo phones next year (Engadget)
Okay, so maybe the unlocking of the GPS on Verizon BlackBerrys wasn’t an accident after all — and maybe hell has frozen completely over. WMExperts is reporting an official statement released by the carrier claiming that GPS has remained locked down on many of its models simply because it hasn’t met Verizon’s “performance goals,” which granted, sounds like a crock — but to Verizon’s …
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Neighbors against cell tower plan - TMCnet
Neighbors against cell tower planTMCnet - Dec 24, 2008General Dynamics Wireless Services wants to build the tower for New Cingular Wireless/AT&T Mobility. The application is on the Jan. …
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Nokia’s N85 and N79 ship Stateside at long last (Engadget)
It feels like a good couple millennia since we first spotted these phones sporting US-friendly 3G, and now Nokia has done the unthinkable and actually released them in the States. As has become custom for Nokia around these parts, the phones aren’t carrier branded or subsidized in the least, so you’re looking at $550-ish for the N85 and $400-ish for the N79 , depending upon the …
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FBI Taps Cell Phone Mic As Eavesdropping Tool - Infoshop News
FBI Taps Cell Phone Mic As Eavesdropping ToolInfoshop News - Dec 15, 2008Cingular, T-Mobile, and the CTIA trade association did not immediately respond to requests for comment. This isn't the first time the federal government has …
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Pay As You Go Phones And Contract Phones: Choose A Suitable Plan - PRLog.Org (press release)
Pay As You Go Phones And Contract Phones: Choose A Suitable PlanPRLog.Org (press release), Romania - Dec 5, 2008Pay as you go phones come with the Nokia mobile phones. Some of these phones service providers include T-Mobile, Cingular, Vodafone, Orange, TracFone and …
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Fight tall cell tower in Paradise Township - Pocono Record
Fight tall cell tower in Paradise TownshipPocono Record, PA - Dec 19, 2008… themselves and others by talking on their cell phones while driving on demanding roads. Residents also strongly protested ATT/Cingular's positioning of …
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