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What the AT&T and Cingular merger means for American consumers 7 Articles

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    by Royce Radcliffe

    Well, it finally happened. After months of rumor and innuendo AT&T Wireless and Cingular finally completed their merger. It was a resonant event in the business world that had many ramifications still shaping and affecting...read more

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    by Liza Abigail Copuyoc

    When two huge phone companies like AT and T and Cingular come together what could happen? I worked for almost a year for a Cingular Wireless dealer, and dealing first hand with the customers a k a the "american consumers" ...read more

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    by Ted Sherman

    Big company mergers usually means a lot of lower-level employees will become redundant and lose their jobs. Families will be devastated, and when local Cingular branches are closed, regional retail business will suffer. Me...read more

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    by Anonomous User1

    What does the AT&T and Cingular merger mean for American customers? Basically, it means two different things: 1) Better reception. Yes, there is an upside to these mergers - and it means a consolidation of resources tha...read more

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    by Justice Liberty

    As a Cingular customer from before the merger, I have no complaints about Cingular's service. In fact, I have been more than satisfied with their coverage in my area. I live in southern Indiana, but recently took a trip to...read more

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    by Maxwell Payne

    This merger spells disaster for the free market competition in the cell phone service provider industry in America. With this merger Cingular now controls 70 of the 189 available frequencies available for cell phone use. V...read more

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    by Melissa J Luther

    I know what the AT&T/Cingular merger meant for this American consumer. It meant run, don't walk to another provider. I had AT&T, and I was reasonably happy with it. Coverage was not fantastic, but at the time, it worked wh...read more

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