Re: verizon wireless suggestions

["Matt Shields-5" <user=70@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Jerry Feldman <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 10:29:54 -0500 
> 
> "Matt Shields" <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> 
> 
> > Prior to Cingular and SBC, McCaw Cellular (aka Cellular One, which is 
>  > another interesting story) was the largest cellular provider in the 
>  > US, in 1994 AT&amp;T bought McCaw Communication from Craig McCaw and they 
>  > rebranded it as AT&amp;T Wireless Services. 
> 
> 
>  Without research. I originally had Nynex, but I was upset about the way 
>  they changed my service agreement, so I switched to Cellular One. I was 
>  never McCaw or AT&amp;T Wireless. Certainly, McCaw was acquired by AT&amp;T and 
>  became AT&amp;T Wireless. But much of Cellular One was owned by 
>  Southwestern Bell, and that became Cingular when Bell South combined 
>  operations with SBC.