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A man who has been an AT&T customer since 1960 has a message for CEO John Stankey about the company’s failure to upgrade DSL areas to modern Internet service. Aaron Epstein, 90, is so frustrated by his 3Mbps Internet plan that he took out a Wall St… Continue reading AT&T Customer Since 1960 Buys WSJ Print Ad To Complain of Slow Speeds
An anonymous reader writes: AT&T lost 617,000 customers from DirecTV and its other TV businesses in the final quarter of 2020, capping a year in which it lost nearly 3 million customers in the category, AT&T reported today. AT&T today also … Continue reading AT&T Eats a $15.5 Billion Impairment Charge As DirecTV Debacle Continues
AT&T is killing off the online-video service formerly known as DirecTV Now and introducing a no-contract option for the newer online service that replaced it. Ars Technica reports: AT&T unveiled DirecTV Now late in 2016, the year after AT&T… Continue reading AT&T Kills Off the Failed TV Service Formerly Known As DirecTV Now
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: AT&T has announced another round of price hikes for DirecTV satellite and U-verse TV services, with monthly prices set to rise up to $9 starting January 17, 2021. “Due to increased programming … Continue reading AT&T Raises DirecTV Prices Again Amid Customer Losses and Possible Sale
More than 200 Google Forms impersonate top brands – including Microsoft OneDrive, Office 365, and Wells Fargo – to steal victims’ credentials. Continue reading Google Forms Abused to Phish AT&T Credentials
TV cord-cutting is picking up steam, and AT&T’s CEO predicts there’s a long way to go before it stops. From a report: On an earnings call Thursday, AT&T Chief Executive Officer John Stankey said “we’re probably going to see a little bit of a pl… Continue reading AT&T’s CEO Predicts That Millions More Will Cut the Cord
This has been a long time coming, but the OpenStack foundation today announced that it is changing its name to ‘Open Infrastructure Foundation,” starting in 2021. The announcement, which the foundation made at its virtual developer conference, doesn’t exactly come as a surprise. Over the course of the last few years, the organization started adding […] Continue reading The OpenStack Foundation becomes the Open Infrastructure Foundation
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: AT&T is planning thousands of layoffs at HBO, Warner Bros., and other parts of WarnerMedia as part of a plan to cut costs by up to 20 percent, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Warner… Continue reading AT&T Plans Thousands of Layoffs At HBO, Warner Bros., Rest of WarnerMedia
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: AT&T is reportedly moving ahead with its plan to sell DirecTV despite receiving bids that value the satellite division at less than one-third of the price AT&T paid for it. AT&T bought … Continue reading AT&T Offloading DirecTV Could Be a ‘Fire Sale’ As Company Weighs Low Bids
“One of America’s largest internet providers is uploading its oldest broadband technology into the sunset,” reports USA Today, complaining that AT&T will be leaving some future customers without any choices for wired broadband.
“We’re beginning to … Continue reading AT&T Finally Stops Selling DSL