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Fire14 · 11-12-2004, 12:08 AM

In today's Star ledger Verizon has an add & in Bold letters it says,

"Attention AT&T Wireless Customers;"
As long as your wireless carrier is changing, why not change to the best?
Then below this it says:
AT&T Wireless has been sold to another carrier. And you may need to change your phone, price plan or Network to take advantage of certain features, so make sure you explore all your options, take a look at Verizon wireless. And it goes on some more.

I guess it's advertising blitz time to try and lore customers away from Cingular.

Airb330 · 11-12-2004, 12:13 AM

I don't think they can handle any more customers lol

Yankees368 · 11-12-2004, 1:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Airb330

I don't think they can handle any more customers lol

Any more customers in certain areas, and Verizon better buy Sprint for some more capacity. lol

agentHibby · 11-12-2004, 2:43 AM

All I asked is that Verizon is honest on what they say and they don't have any plans of doing Sprizon in the next few months.
VZ buys FON
If they did that Alltel/US Cellular would get the divested customers and Cingular would say that your CDMA Java phone is not good because you will need a CDMA brew phone. So the cycle will go round and round.

They may have to divest so much that the DOJ would not allow it now.

Critic · 11-12-2004, 2:05 PM

It seems to me that they're going for ATTWS' remaining TDMA customer base in NNJ - which is still pretty large, IIRC. Cingular has done a pretty good job of promoting the merger as a seamless transition for the GSM customers (potential SIM exchanges aside), but for TDMA customers to see any real benefits, they'd have to upgrade to a GSM phone/plan.

Fire14 · 11-12-2004, 11:54 PM

I agree Critic, especially when they say you may have to change Networks. I was suprised they didn't have it today just a normal ad, I bet Sunday and on we will see more & it will be good for competition and keeping prices down.

Mobile Mike · 11-13-2004, 11:19 PM

This is the world of competition. I'm sure Verizon won't be the only one trying to take advantage of Cingular-AT&T merger issues (especially if any major ones occur). This is only the beginning......

11-12-2004, 12:08 AM	#1
Fire14 Easy,Cheap & Sleazy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Union County NJ Posts: 8,457 Phone(s): EnV, V750 Provider(s): Verizon Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Images: 293 My Auctions	Verizon starts ad blitz agains Cingular In today's Star ledger Verizon has an add & in Bold letters it says, "Attention AT&T Wireless Customers;" As long as your wireless carrier is changing, why not change to the best? Then below this it says: AT&T Wireless has been sold to another carrier. And you may need to change your phone, price plan or Network to take advantage of certain features, so make sure you explore all your options, take a look at Verizon wireless. And it goes on some more. I guess it's advertising blitz time to try and lore customers away from Cingular.

11-12-2004, 12:13 AM	#2
Airb330 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 3,526 Phone(s): BB 8330 Provider(s): Sprint PCS Devices: iPod Nano (Black), XM Radio Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Images: 3	Re: Verizon starts ad blitz agains Cingular I don't think they can handle any more customers lol

11-12-2004, 2:43 AM	#4
agentHibby Iowa Cellular Guru Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: SID 150 or 1214 Posts: 3,472 Phone(s): Nokia 6256i, (retired) Motorola V120c, Timeport 270c, Nokia 252 (Airtouch) Provider(s): Verizon Wireless Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Verizon starts ad blitz agains Cingular All I asked is that Verizon is honest on what they say and they don't have any plans of doing Sprizon in the next few months. VZ buys FON If they did that Alltel/US Cellular would get the divested customers and Cingular would say that your CDMA Java phone is not good because you will need a CDMA brew phone. So the cycle will go round and round. They may have to divest so much that the DOJ would not allow it now. __________________ If Verizon can buy out their affiliates they would be better off.

11-12-2004, 2:05 PM	#5
Critic The Digital Ruler Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Princeton NJ Posts: 1,315 Phone(s): Apple iPhone 3G, [Palm Treo 700p-retired], [Moto V710 - recalled] Provider(s): AT&T Devices: Apple iPod Classic 160GB Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Verizon starts ad blitz agains Cingular It seems to me that they're going for ATTWS' remaining TDMA customer base in NNJ - which is still pretty large, IIRC. Cingular has done a pretty good job of promoting the merger as a seamless transition for the GSM customers (potential SIM exchanges aside), but for TDMA customers to see any real benefits, they'd have to upgrade to a GSM phone/plan. __________________ The innocent shall suffer. Big time.

11-12-2004, 11:54 PM	Original Poster #6
Fire14 Easy,Cheap & Sleazy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Union County NJ Posts: 8,457 Phone(s): EnV, V750 Provider(s): Verizon Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Images: 293 My Auctions	Re: Verizon starts ad blitz agains Cingular I agree Critic, especially when they say you may have to change Networks. I was suprised they didn't have it today just a normal ad, I bet Sunday and on we will see more & it will be good for competition and keeping prices down.

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11-13-2004, 11:19 PM	#7
Mobile Mike Mobile Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 5,908 Phone(s): LG Voyager, Nokia 6263 Provider(s): Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile. Formerly AT&T, Nextel Devices: 80gb iPod, Dell laptop Thanks: 86 Thanked 62 Times in 61 Posts	Re: Verizon starts ad blitz agains Cingular This is the world of competition. I'm sure Verizon won't be the only one trying to take advantage of Cingular-AT&T merger issues (especially if any major ones occur). This is only the beginning...... __________________ Started with PacTel Cellular (1994) which became AIRTOUCH (1994-2000) which became verizonwireless (2000-present). Back with -T- Mobile (2004-2009, 2009-present)

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