cingular to start new 1000 anytime minute rateplan with rollover

but w/ a 2yr contract...

Are Cingular's contracts verbal or written? in CA, verbal contracts can be cxld after 11mo.

 

That's good that they have 1yr contracts They don't show them on their website however (2yr only)

Do they still chg you to chk your voicemail from a landline?

 

and it's also a "home" = local plan. AIUI....T-Mo plans are national

 

Not that I travel national a lot, I like the idea I can go anywhere/call anywhere and they don't chg me anymore.

Still.... does Cingular still not let you chk your voicemail from a landline? They should

 

Yes, you can access your Cingular voice mail from a land line, but you must call Cingular and specifically request that they set up your account to allow for this.

I can't get signal where I work, so for 10 hours a day, I can't tell if I'm receiving calls and messages. I called Cingular to cancel my contract (and switch to someone with better signal); they offered instead to set me up to access messages from a land line. Now, several times a day, I dial my mobile number, hit the star key during my welcome message, enter my password, and voila !

Not quite as good as being able to take the calls, but at least I can now return calls in less than 10 hours. It would be nice to be able to forward calls from my mobile number to my work number.... anyone know if ~that~ can be done?

/Christa

 

Cingular has many different rateplans to suit different needs... Their national plan has landline vm retrieval.. They have national plans starting at 29.99.. all minutes rollover on three different types of levels: Family, Home, and National... All include LD...The new pres for the company seems to be doing well. T Moible seems to be back on the bidding table with Carter's abscence, and it looks like the direction of the comany is focused again primarily on the competition aspect....The last year was tough on cingular, but I think the next one will be more gratifying to all...

 

Hi celtic...

That's cool... and they do it for free?

Reason I asked is a when I was looking @ Cingular (before I found T-Mobile), they told me you'd have to pay an extra $5 a month to access from landline. I remember this when a friend had PacBell years ago...

I've been fortunate to have full signal in the office (near spectrum)...Cingular/T-Mobile have *micro cells* all over Irvine...

 

Ooops...nevermind. I think you've answered my question.

I've never had anything bad to say about Cingular (3 of my friends have Cingular and like them)... We all live in Orange County, so when people complain about Cingular in Orange County, it makes me wonder.

I think the T-Mobile/Cingular agreement is mutually beneficial for both companies... it allows both to expand and increase capacity/coverage, yet increase healthy competition.

 

Yes, it's quite easy to forward your phone number.

Press [MENU] [5] [1].
Scroll to 'Activate'.
Press [OK].
Enter the phone number.
Press [OK].

To deactivate:

Press [MENU] [5] [5].


Note that this will only work for direct-dial numbers. If you have to enter an extension or a code to reach you, you will not be able to forward your phone directly to your desk, only to your main number. Now, I don't think I had to do this with Cingular, but with T-Mobile if I cancel all my forwarding, my voicemail breaks. I end up having to change the forwarding to 'When I'm Unavailable' and to my voicemail backdoor number (XXX-XXX-9999) instead.

Note that forwarding eats your minutes - even if it would normally be mobile-to-mobile - because you are paying for the 'forwarded' call to the landline. Also, Cingular used to charge $0.10 a minute for the privilege - T-Mobile do not charge that.

 

Hi, 714! Well, they're not charging me, and so it never occurred to me that they might charge people for the service. But from what I'm reading elsewhere in the Forum, I suspect they do charge some kind of fee under "normal" circumstances. I have experienced so many difficulties (billing problems, reception problems, VM problems, etc.) that I was ready to jump ship, but the mobile number is also my biz number, and changing providers/phone numbers will present a major hassle. *SIGH*

I'm near JWA, so you'd think I'd have signal to spare, but the corner of Mesa/Birch seems to be an absolute dead zone for Cingular. I have to drive about 1/4 mile before I get any kind of response out of my phone.

Does anyone know if T-Mobile and Cingular are merging? I was considering jumping to T-Mobile, but if the two really are joining, I may as well stay put and keep the mobile number I now have.

Cheers,
Christa

 

Thanks so much for the info, Mr. Beeblebrox ! That's some mighty useful stuff there. As soon as I get my new phone (the LCD on my trusty old 6190 got crushed ) I will give those instructions a whirl.

Cheers, mate!
Christa

PS -- you, and all the other T-mobile people in these forums -- are making me reconsider my decision to stay with Cingular.....

 

Yikes... those are the instructions for the Nokia 6190! Let me know what phone you have and if you still can't get it to work, and I'll look it up.

 

Luckily I'm in a former BellSouth Mobility DCS market and Cingular customers have always been able to check their voicemail from a landline phone here.