tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3602943.post-84323595971828050822008-01-16T19:19:00.000-05:002008-01-16T19:26:38.899-05:002008-01-16T19:26:38.899-05:00<b>This can't just be a coincidence</b><br />Why is it that every time Cingular/AT&T comes out with a new marketing concept, the thing that they promise will never go wrong with my phone if I have their service is the one thing that seems to constantly go wrong with my phone? When they touted themselves as the network with the fewest dropped calls, my phone was dropping calls right and left. (Naturally, this prompted more than a few hackneyed, "If they're the network with the <i>fewest</i> dropped calls, I'd hate to see the other guys!"-type comments from me.) Now that they're doing this whole "more bars in more places" schtick, my phone seems to randomly waft in and out of service, even in concentrated urban areas where you'd think they'd surely have service. (Come on, AT&T, if you can cover "Chilondoscow," surely you can connect me on the corner of 14th and U in downtown D.C.) I'm not usually one of those hard-core "There are no coincidences!" types of people, but this is all starting to look pretty suspicious. If their next marketing campaign is about combustion-proof cell phones and my phone spontaneously combusts, I'll <i>know</i> there's something fishy going on here.Clarenoreply@blogger.com