diff --git a/status/CHANGELOG b/status/CHANGELOG
index 6cce3d3f3..45f01c023 100644
--- a/status/CHANGELOG
+++ b/status/CHANGELOG
@@ -69,3 +69,4 @@ Added a new monitor type for detecting large directories.
 Added a button to the main page for refreshing only selected monitors, thanks to Michael Mansour.
 ---- Changes since 1.500 ----
 Added an option to the Disk Space monitor to alert based on percentage free, as an alternative to a threshold in bytes.
+Put back the option to use Cingular as an SMS carrier.
diff --git a/status/edit_sched.cgi b/status/edit_sched.cgi
index c919edf70..095a5f7d9 100755
--- a/status/edit_sched.cgi
+++ b/status/edit_sched.cgi
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ print &ui_table_row($text{'sched_sms'},
 		  [ [ 1, $text{'sched_smsno'} ],
 		    [ 0, $text{'sched_smscarrier'} ] ])."\n".
 	&ui_select("carrier", $config{'sched_carrier'},
-	   [ map { [ $_->{'id'}, $_->{'desc'} ] } &list_sms_carriers() ])."\n".
+	   [ map { [ $_->{'id'}, $_->{'desc'} ] }
+		 sort { lc($a->{'desc'}) cmp lc($b->{'desc'}) }
+		      &list_sms_carriers() ])."\n".
 	$text{'sched_smsnumber'}." ".
 	&ui_textbox("sms", $config{'sched_sms'}, 15), 3);
 
diff --git a/status/lang/en b/status/lang/en
index 7da171759..734757347 100644
--- a/status/lang/en
+++ b/status/lang/en
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ sched_smsno=Nobody
 sched_smscarrier=Phone on carrier
 sched_smsnumber=with number
 sched_esmsnumber=Missing or non-numeric SMS number
+sched_esmsname=Missing or invalid-looking SMS number
 
 up_since=Up since $1
 depends_mod=The module $1 is not installed on your system
diff --git a/status/save_sched.cgi b/status/save_sched.cgi
index cd1e26c19..413aefa59 100755
--- a/status/save_sched.cgi
+++ b/status/save_sched.cgi
@@ -19,7 +19,14 @@ if ($in{'sms_def'}) {
 	}
 else {
 	$config{'sched_carrier'} = $in{'carrier'};
-	$in{'sms'} =~ /^\d+$/ || &error($text{'sched_esmsnumber'});
+	($carrier) = grep { $_->{'id'} eq $in{'carrier'} }
+			  &list_sms_carriers();
+	if ($carrier->{'alpha'}) {
+		$in{'sms'} =~ /^\S+$/ || &error($text{'sched_esmsname'});
+		}
+	else {
+		$in{'sms'} =~ /^\d+$/ || &error($text{'sched_esmsnumber'});
+		}
 	$config{'sched_sms'} = $in{'sms'};
 	}
 if ($in{'from_def'}) {
diff --git a/status/status-lib.pl b/status/status-lib.pl
index 71955bb3b..68dfd45da 100755
--- a/status/status-lib.pl
+++ b/status/status-lib.pl
@@ -399,6 +399,10 @@ return ( { 'id' => 'tmobile',
 	 { 'id' => 'cingular',
 	   'desc' => 'AT&T',
 	   'domain' => 'txt.att.net' },
+	 { 'id' => 'oldcingular',
+	   'desc' => 'Cingular',
+	   'domain' => 'cingularme.com',
+	   'alpha' => 1 },
 	 { 'id' => 'verizon',
 	   'desc' => 'Verizon',
 	   'domain' => 'vtext.com' },