WHatever you do, don't subscribe with Cingular. I got a go phone from them my last visit to the US, specifically so I would have a phone when I returned a few months later. Ninety-one days after the last time I used it, they cut it off and gave the number to someone else. The only way I found that out was on a long-distance overseas call to their UNhelpFUL desk. Not only were they unhelpful, but they kept saying: "is there anything else I can help you with.
NO! YOU HAVEN"T HELPED ME YET! AND NOW YOU'RE RUNNING UP MY PHONE BILL!
"Is there anything else I can help you with?"
AAAAAAAAAGHHHHH!
Cingular is evil.
Then last week my cell phone here in Dubai stopped working. I call up, they tell me what the problem is (long story, phone in my deceased stepmother's name, even though I've had the number 10 years, yada yada.) I go to the nearest office, explain the long story, and the guy says, "I understand. Normally we have to wait 60 days, but don't worry, here you go." Gave me my number back, no hassles, not strictly according to the rules, but my phone service was back the same day with the same number.
Customer service, what a concept.
haahahahaaahahaha. My wife and did Cingular customer service. Don't blame the rep, our hands were so tightly bound....