Sorry, couldn’t figure out a way to alliterate that last word. We’ve been having a lot of problems (read: every single phone call) with Fishy’s phone in Washington, DC. We’re both former ATT customers, and therefore now we’re Cingular customers. And every time we’re on the phone together, the call gets dropped. Doesn’t matter if he has 1 bar or 5 bars. We know it’s his phone and not mine because it even happens when I’m on the land line. My phone is an older, TDMA Nokia, and I love it. It has no color. It has no camera. It has no mp3 ringtones. But it makes phonecalls, and what the hell else do you really need a phone to do? Fishy’s GSM Motorola V60 (which neither of us have been happy with, even though we were looking forward to it for months before it’s release) does all sorts of crazy stuff, but drops calls left and right, at least in DC on the Cingular network. We’re talking about switching to Verizon as soon as we can.
I was going to ask if anyone out there was having the same issue (not that anyone EVER leaves comments) but apparently we’re not alone in this problem. A quick google search brings back plenty of recent problems with Cingular dropping calls or kicking you straight into voicemail all over the country. Here’s a recent post on Engadget. One person even thinks it’s a scam to get customers to use more minutes, constantly calling each other back plus checking their voicemail for the missed calls. Seems highly doubtful to me. Providing shitty service (as Cingular is currently doing) is no way to endear yourself to customers who have proven themselves (as a group) more than willing to switch to a different Network if it suits their needs at the moment. Especially now that we can take our numbers with us.
Anyway, I told Fishy to call Cingular and find out what’s up. If customers don’t complain and start switching networks, then they really don’t have much motivation to fix the problem. So if you’re having dropped calls with Cingular, call them and complain.
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