I was more curious
> about Cincinnati Bell Wireless. How could a cell phone provider that
> only offers service in one metropolitan area survive? They are GSM
> and have roaming agreements with Cingular/AT&T Wireless.
> Does this mean people in the Cincinnati area are out of luck with the
> upcoming iPhone? It seems only Cingular/AT&T Wireless customers > can get them.
> I know this is a weird question, but I'm an Apple and telecom geek. > :-)
Cincinnati Bell remains an independent ILEC and even though there are roaming agreements with AT&T (fka Cingular Wireless) it's not part of AT&T. As far as I know AT&T will be the exclusive agent for the iPhone for an exclusive period and no other US wireless operator will have it during this exclusive period.