Cingular is successor-in-interest to ATTWS, and as such, your contract is automatically assigned to Cingular. Contract law states that unless the contract specifically does not allow assignment, it is assignable.
I have an ATT contract dated in Oct- 2004- before Cingular bought ATT.
> Now Cingular is saying that I owe it $170 for cancellation fee if I
> transfer service to Verizon.
> My contract was with ATT and I never signed anything with
> Cingular. So, looks like the ATT contract is shakey at best. Does
> anybody have any experience similar to mine and didn't pay for
> cancellation fees?
> Thanks,
> Abby