Enlarge / AT&T corporate offices on November 10, 2020, in El Segundo, California. reader comments 44 with 37 posters participating Share this story 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. AT&T unveiled DirecTV Now late in 2016,… Read More: AT&T kills off the failed TV service formerly known as… »
Enlarge / AT&T corporate offices on November 10, 2020 in El Segundo, California. Getty Images | AaronP/Bauer-Griffin reader comments 141 with 116 posters participating Share this story AT&T is disappointed in the $15 billion offers it has received for DirecTV and has “told prospective bidders it may cancel the auction altogether if it doesn’t get… Read More: AT&T reportedly struggling to sell DirecTV at anything but a… »
Enlarge / A DirecTV satellite dish seen outside a bar in Portland, Oregon, in October 2019. Getty Images | hapabapa reader comments 45 with 39 posters participating Share this story 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… Read More: AT&T raises DirecTV prices again amid customer losses and possible… »
Data cap cash. reader comments 275 with 129 posters participating Share this story The number of broadband “power users”—people who use 1TB or more per month—has doubled over the past year, ensuring that ISPs will be able to make more money from data caps. In Q3 2020, 8.8 percent of broadband subscribers used at least… Read More: Broadband power users explode, making data caps more profitable for… »
Enlarge / AT&T’s logo and share price displayed on a monitor at the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. reader comments 33 with 25 posters participating Share this story AT&T lost 627,000 TV customers in Q3 2020, an improvement over previous quarters as the company continues its attempt to sell its failing… Read More: AT&T loses another 600,000 TV customers as it seeks buyer… »
reader comments 24 with 22 posters participating Share this story If you live in an area where AT&T has taken government funds in exchange for deploying broadband, there’s a chance you won’t be able to get the service—even if AT&T initially tells you it’s available. AT&T’s Mississippi division has received over $283 million from the… Read More: AT&T has trouble figuring out where it offers government-funded Internet »
Enlarge / AT&T’s logo at its corporate headquarters on March 13, 2020 in Dallas, Texas. reader comments 91 with 65 posters participating Share this story 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… Read More: AT&T plans thousands of layoffs at HBO, Warner Bros., rest… »
Enlarge / AT&T’s logo and share price displayed on a monitor at the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. Getty Images | Bloomberg reader comments 94 with 78 posters participating Share this story AT&T is reportedly moving ahead with its plan to sell DirecTV despite receiving bids that value the satellite division… Read More: AT&T offloading DirecTV could be a “fire sale” as company… »
Getty IMages | Synergee reader comments 153 with 99 posters participating Share this story AT&T has deployed fiber-to-the-home Internet to less than 30 percent of the households in its 21-state territory, according to a new report that says AT&T has targeted wealthy, non-rural areas in its fiber upgrades. The report, co-written by an AT&T workers… Read More: AT&T kills DSL, leaves tens of millions of homes without… »
Enlarge / T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert speaks during a keynote at CES 2020 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. reader comments 47 with 40 posters participating Share this story T-Mobile US CEO Mike Sievert yesterday fired back at AT&T and Verizon, saying the carriers’ complaints about T-Mobile obtaining more spectrum licenses show that… Read More: T-Mobile hits back at AT&T and Verizon after spectrum-hoarding accusations »