Tag Archives: AT&T

FAA clears Boeing 777 and other planes after 5G warning halted some flights

Enlarge / A Boeing 777. reader comments 9 with 8 posters participating Share this story The Federal Aviation Administration today said it has cleared 62 percent of US commercial airplanes to perform low-visibility landings at airports where AT&T and Verizon are deploying 5G on C-band spectrum this week. Several international airlines previously canceled some flights… Read More: FAA clears Boeing 777 and other planes after 5G warning… »

AT&T failed to fix Ohio man’s broken Internet service for a month

reader comments 63 with 48 posters participating Share this story Ohio resident John Sopko had to go a month without his AT&T fixed wireless Internet service because the company repeatedly failed to diagnose and fix the problem, the Akron Beacon Journal reported today. AT&T finally figured out this week that the antenna on Sopko’s roof… Read More: AT&T failed to fix Ohio man’s broken Internet service for… »

Thousands of AT&T customers in the US infected by new data-stealing malware

Getty Images reader comments 46 with 34 posters participating, including story author Share this story Thousands of networking devices belonging to AT&T Internet subscribers in the US have been infected with newly discovered malware that allows the devices to be used in denial-of-service attacks and attacks on internal networks, researchers said on Tuesday. The device… Read More: Thousands of AT&T customers in the US infected by new… »

Company that routes SMS for all major US carriers was hacked for five years

Getty Images | d3sign reader comments 95 with 70 posters participating Share this story Syniverse, a company that routes hundreds of billions of text messages every year for hundreds of carriers including Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T, revealed to government regulators that a hacker gained unauthorized access to its databases for five years. Syniverse and carriers… Read More: Company that routes SMS for all major US carriers was… »

Not enough backup power: AT&T and T-Mobile suffer big outages in Louisiana

Enlarge / LaPlace, Louisiana: Jacqueline Smith waits with her mother Lucille Matthew for transportation after they were rescued from their flooded neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021. Getty Images | Scott Olson reader comments 39 with 29 posters participating Share this story AT&T today said that only 60 percent of… Read More: Not enough backup power: AT&T and T-Mobile suffer big outages… »

A simple software fix could limit location data sharing

Enlarge / Pretty Good Phone Privacy wants to minimize how much your wireless provider knows about your location. Noam Galai | Getty Images reader comments 8 with 8 posters participating Share this story Location data sharing from wireless carriers has been a major privacy issue in recent years. Marketers, salespeople, and even bounty hunters were… Read More: A simple software fix could limit location data sharing »

AT&T delays 500,000 fiber-to-the-home builds due to severe fiber shortage

Enlarge / An AT&T technician working on a fiber project. reader comments 81 with 66 posters participating Share this story AT&T says that supply-chain shortages will delay fiber construction to about 500,000 homes that it originally planned to wire up this year and warned that shortages are likely to impact other companies that purchase fiber… Read More: AT&T delays 500,000 fiber-to-the-home builds due to severe fiber shortage »

Awful transaction and timing: AT&T finally ditches DirecTV

reader comments 87 with 71 posters participating Share this story AT&T has completed its spinoff of DirecTV after six years of mismanagement in which nearly 10 million customers ditched the company’s pay-TV services. AT&T bought DirecTV for $49 billion ($67 billion including debt) in July 2015 even though DirecTV and other traditional TV services were… Read More: Awful transaction and timing: AT&T finally ditches DirecTV »

AT&T nightmare: Woman had to wait 3+ months for broadband at new home

Enlarge / Lovie Newman tells News 4 San Antonio about having to wait nearly four months for AT&T Internet service. reader comments 131 with 96 posters participating Share this story AT&T reportedly forced a San Antonio woman to wait nearly four months to get Internet service at her new home, and she didn’t get close… Read More: AT&T nightmare: Woman had to wait 3+ months for broadband… »

AT&T will let unlimited-data customers pay more to avoid the slow lane

reader comments 63 with 45 posters participating Share this story On Monday, AT&T announced the end of data slowdowns for smartphone users who purchase “unlimited” data—but the perk is only for customers who buy AT&T’s most expensive mobile plan. AT&T will continue to sell two other “unlimited” plans that can be put into a slow… Read More: AT&T will let unlimited-data customers pay more to avoid the… »