ATTWS TDMA subscribers that are now on Cingular TDMA, not eligible for Upgrades?!

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SMS - 15 Feb 2007 18:03 GMT

From Amazon:

"To qualify for a phone upgrade and contract extension:

<snip>

5. You are not a former AT&T TDMA subscriber now on Cingular's network."

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jeremy - 15 Feb 2007 18:42 GMT

> From Amazon:
>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> 5. You are not a former AT&T TDMA subscriber now on Cingular's network."

Did they already receive a phone upgrade? If they're not on the TDMA
network, they must have gone GSM, right?

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SMS - 15 Feb 2007 18:57 GMT

>> From Amazon:
>>
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> Did they already receive a phone upgrade? If they're not on the TDMA
> network, they must have gone GSM, right?

I'm certain that what they meant to say is "You are not a former AT&T
TDMA subscriber now on Cingular's _TDMA_ network."

Not sure why they would have this restriction, since you'd think that
they'd want to get people off TDMA.

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Todd Allcock - 15 Feb 2007 22:02 GMT

> Not sure why they would have this restriction, since you'd think that
>they'd want to get people off TDMA.

Amazon and Cingular have has systemic issues in the past that have
prevented Amazon from collecting their commissions on handset upgrades.
I suspect that this is one of those issues.

It's not that former AT&T customers can't upgrade- they just can't do it
via Amazon.

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