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    Ok I did a search and couldn't find what I was looking for. I want to switch my service to Cingular, but do they have internet on their phones? I know they have MEdiaNet, but is that the regular internet? Would I be able to get onto this website on a Cingular phone? If any of you have Cingular and get the internet on your phone, could you let me know? I have US Cellular right now, and they have something called Easyedge, but it's not the regular internet- you can only look at a few things.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MadisonM
    Ok I did a search and couldn't find what I was looking for. I want to switch my service to Cingular, but do they have internet on their phones? I know they have MEdiaNet, but is that the regular internet? Would I be able to get onto this website on a Cingular phone? If any of you have Cingular and get the internet on your phone, could you let me know? I have US Cellular right now, and they have something called Easyedge, but it's not the regular internet- you can only look at a few things.

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    I have Cingular and the answer is yes,to both your questions.
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    Quote Originally Posted by onlythebest
    I have Cingular and the answer is yes,to both your questions.
    YAAAAAAAY!!!!!! That makes me so happy! I asked the guy and Cingular if I would be able to go on the internet, and it seemed like he didn't really know what he was talking about, which makes me a little nervous about switching over to them, but I think that they have the most coverage out of all the service providers in my area.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MadisonM
    YAAAAAAAY!!!!!! That makes me so happy! I asked the guy and Cingular if I would be able to go on the internet, and it seemed like he didn't really know what he was talking about, which makes me a little nervous about switching over to them, but I think that they have the most coverage out of all the service providers in my area.
    They are a good wireless service provider.I like them a lot.
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    Yeah ....Cingular is the SHIT!!!!! they have a really good service !!!!!!

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    I have them for wireless internet as well on my phone. Since my phone is old it cant go to many sites. So test the phone for internet capabilities before you buy it. Plus, you have 30 days from which you get the phone to change the phone. The Cingular 8125 Pocket PC is great for something like surfing basically anywhere on the net.
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    Isn't that a very expensive way to surf the Net? Better to get a used laptop and find a hotspot, seems to me.
    I loved going to strip clubs; I actually made some friends there. Now things are different for the clubs and for me. As a result I am not as happy.

    Customers are not entitled to grope, disrespect, or rob strippers. This is their job, not their hobby, and they all need income. Clubs are not just some erotic show for guys to view while drinking.

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    I have Sprint and get complete internet access. It's unlimited access for $15 a month. Not bad at all.

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    I've got Cingular too. They're the best, in my opinion. I only use the internet capability for Answer Tones, though.

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    I have Cingular too. Make sure you go to a corporate store to handle your business. There are many other "authorized dealer" stores and they don't seem to really know shit. Trust me, I just got over my cell phone trauma. Stick with the corporate store, even if it's farther, it will be worth it!!

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    Cingular customer here, too. Be sure to get the "unlimited" Internet option. I'd argue it's worth not worrying about usage so you can happily surf from anywhere.

    I use my PDA to connect to the phone (Razr) via bluetooth and thus reach the Internet that way. But I can just as easily read Web sites or, more often, access Hotmail and Gmail on the phone itself.

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    It's a Hell of a Keyboard, I always thought.
    I loved going to strip clubs; I actually made some friends there. Now things are different for the clubs and for me. As a result I am not as happy.

    Customers are not entitled to grope, disrespect, or rob strippers. This is their job, not their hobby, and they all need income. Clubs are not just some erotic show for guys to view while drinking.

    NOTE: anything I post here, outside of a direct quote, is my opinion only, which I am entitled to. Take it for what you estimate it is worth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TigersMilk
    I have them for wireless internet as well on my phone. Since my phone is old it cant go to many sites. So test the phone for internet capabilities before you buy it. Plus, you have 30 days from which you get the phone to change the phone. The Cingular 8125 Pocket PC is great for something like surfing basically anywhere on the net.
    That's the phone I wanted, but the Cingular store closest to here (about an hour away) was sold out of that phone when I went there about a month ago, and they called me last week and said that they won't be getting any more in for about another month... grr... I don't want to wait that long. So I think I might get the Samsung D307 and see how that one works out. I like the idea of having a flip phone, but this one also has the QWERTY keyboard that I want. I suppose if I don't like it I can always get another phone before my 30 days is up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chicagoeditor
    Cingular customer here, too. Be sure to get the "unlimited" Internet option. I'd argue it's worth not worrying about usage so you can happily surf from anywhere.

    I use my PDA to connect to the phone (Razr) via bluetooth and thus reach the Internet that way. But I can just as easily read Web sites or, more often, access Hotmail and Gmail on the phone itself.
    You sound like my beau.He has a Treo he multi-tasks with all the time.He's a Cingular customer too.
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    Hopefully they have come along way in two years. In early 2005 Cingular was ranked 2nd to last in a multitude of customer service polls. I did considerable research on cell service providers in the wake of my disasterous encounter with Cingulars customers service as a 8-year-long upstanding customer who paid his bill on time every month without exception.

    Below is the front page I wrote for the Riot Radio website back then which remained on the front page for over a month haha. Hopefully you are having better luck with them than I did...

    (all the html code is still in there I'm too tired to take it all out right now, my apologies..)



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    Going through the old bank statements in preparation for the ass-raping I'm going to take like a scene right out of American History X next April 15th I came across a payment I forked over to Cingular for $350. It sounds like just a slightly hefty phone bill for one month but this was not to cover my normal $120 bill. This was to cover the roaming charges I incurred on a trip out west last May. Just an inconvenient roaming charge you say, well yes if I hadn't been assured by the helpful employees at my local Cingular Wireless store that I would not be charged for any calls I made while I was out there.

    Early April 20004 one month before I was to leave for a two-city tour starting with 3 days in Las Vegas for the last round of the AMA Supercross season and ending up in Los Angeles for 5 days to attend the Extremy Awards I went to my local Cingular store to have my rate plan switched to a Nationwide Plan. I obviously wanted to avoid any roaming charges while I was out there. The 2 Cingular associates Lisa and Bambi (for the sake of this story) were helpful when I explained that I was going to be in Las Vegas and Los Angeles for a week and didn't want to be charged extra for using my phone. First they switched my rate plan to a Nationwide Plan then they brought out the coverage-area maps to examine Cingular Network for Las Vegas and Los Angeles. "You won't have anything to worry about" they said. "Our coverage area in both cities is extensive" they boasted. They told me the only problem I might possibly have would be if I was out of their coverage area on another company's system. They reassured me that it would be very clear when I was not on the Cingular system because my phone would not read <i>Cingular</i> on the display. They told me, "Just make sure that you don't use your phone unless it reads <i>Cingular</i> and you will not be roaming". No problem, I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer but I can manage to glance at the display before I hit <i>Send</i>. I'm in like Flint.

    Come May and we're chilling like villains in Las Vegas and then off to the city of silicone. I never used my phone unless the display read <i>Cingular</i> just like I was told. I was a little nervous about making calls out there but the vision of Lisa and Bambi's map with the red blobs covering both cities like blood stains on the Tate mansion carpet kept flashing in my head. Lisa's words "Don't worry Las Vegas and Los Angeles are within Cingular's network" and "As long as you're anywhere near the city then you are on the Cingular network" echoed in my head reassuring me that all my phone calls trying to hook up with young dillusioned motocross groupies were not costing me more than a possible trip to the doctor for penicillin when I got back home.

    Now I'm back home and it's the middle of June, one month later. Going through my bills I get to the fat envelope with the big orange X on the outside. Open it to discover a bill for $850 for one months service. I'm on the phone with the Cingular store trying to track down Lisa and Bambi faster than Scott Weiland trying to dig up old syringes. I reach Bambi and she recalls my visit to the store and tells me that she is unable to deal with discrepancies that large so I will need to talk to customer service she even forwards my call personally.

    Customer service reviews my account and discovers that when I was in the Cingular store back in early April diligently changing my plan to accomodate my trip that Lisa and Bambi had made all the correct preparations to change my plan including leaving notes about the switch but for some reason the computer didn't take the changes. Bambi and Lisa forgot to press <i>Enter</i>. No problem I figure, since the customer service representive is acknowledging that it's Cingular's fault then they will surely correct the problem. The customer service representative placed me on hold and returned singing a much different tune. She politely informed me that the Cingular coverage area does not include Las Vegas or Los Angeles so therefore even if the computer had switched me to the Nationwide Plan my phone would have been roaming in both cities and that I would need to send them a check for $850 or have my service deactivated and my credit fucked up worse than Trevor's liver. ..<i>silence</i>.. Let me get this straight. Two of you're Cingular associates told me that I would not be roaming and I followed their instructions and it turns out they were lying to me. Here's a headline for you: I'm not paying it. "Ok sir if you don't pay the bill then we will send it to a collection agency." Awesome thanks for the help.

    The bill break down was $150 for service and extra minute charges that I had no problem paying for, $700 was roaming charges which I had a very big problem paying for. I deactivated my Cingular phone after being a loyal customer for 8 long years. I even pointed out that I wasn't one of the people who mysteriously had my phone stolen every year so that Cingular insurance would have to pay for an upgraded new one (wish I had) and that I paid my bills on time for 8 years. That got me about as far as a hot chick being pulled over by a female cop. 6 weeks worth of phone calls to every level of customer support and all they could tell me was "pay your bill or we will shove a gigantic unlubricated dildo right up your virgin ass" to which I happily replied, "you're going to do that whether I pay it or not." Fuck you.

    With persistance I found the contact info for the office of the president of Cingular himself and spoke with a guy there who I am only mildly happy to report offered to cut the bill in half. $350 sucks my dong but it was better than having my credit trashed. My only solace now is that I might influence even one person who is trying to decide whether or not to sign on with Cingular. Fuck that sorry excuse for a company.

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    ^^^Damn!!!!!
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    Cingular here too, in fact I just upgraded my phone because I had an old AT&T phone.

    I got the Sony/Ericcson Walkman phone W600i.

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