• TheFlo

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  I really can't blame the iPhone for this one. The fact that AT&T picked up Cingular's power towers explains it all. If they had stuck with a company like Verizon, sry2say (not just because I am biased because they've been my carrier for, what a decade now). Cingular was never touted for it's reliability before it merged with AT&T.

  Posted 9/23/2008 respond (flag)

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