A CL65 CREW AT FL190 ASKING FOR LOWER ALT WAS TOLD HE WAS ON THE WRONG FREQ.

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WE WERE APCHING NABB VOR (ABB) AT FL190. THE CAPT AND I COMMENTED THAT WE USUALLY SET A DSCNT TO CROSS SARGO INTXN ON THE MOSEY 5 ARR INTO CVG AT 11000 FT. USUALLY THE CLRNC TO CROSS SARGO IS ISSUED MUCH EARLIER THAN THIS. WHEN THE CAPT ASKED THE CTLR (ZID 132.52) IF WE COULD EXPECT A DSCNT SOON; THE CTLR SAID THAT WE SHOULD BE ON 124.77. THE CAPT REPLIED THAT WE WEREN'T HANDED OFF (AND WE WEREN'T). THE CTLR REPLIED WITH AN ATTITUDE SAYING THAT WE WERE OBVIOUSLY HANDED OFF SINCE WE WERE AT FL190. THE CAPT INFORMED THE CTLR THAT FL190- WAS OUR FILED CRUISING ALT. THE CAPT THEN TRIED TO CONFIRM THE PROPER FREQ FOR US AND THE CTLR NEVER REPLIED TO ANY RADIO CALLS FROM US. SIMULTANEOUS TO THIS; WE WERE ADVISED BY ATLANTA RADIO (COMPANY) OF THE CORRECT FREQ. WE CONTINUED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. APPARENTLY; THE CTLR AT ZID THOUGHT THAT WE WERE HANDED OFF TO THE NEXT CTLR BASED SOLELY ON OUR ALT. THIS WAS A FALSE ASSUMPTION AND SEEMED TO CREATE THIS PROB. THE PROB WAS NOT HELPED BY THE NEGATIVE ATTITUDE OF THE CTLR AND HIS FAILURE TO RESPOND TO FURTHER RADIO CALLS.