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AT&T Calls on Wal-Mart, Circuit City for Triple Play

Just when you were ready to give up cable altogether and watch TV on your computer, telecommunication companies start aggressively rolling out fast new ways to get TV, Internet and voice services -- do I hear "Triple Play"?And they really,... Full Story

Posted on October 13, 2008 4:10 PM

AT&T CallVantage One Step Closer to Oblivion

As I predicted on July 3rd, AT&T would soon be dropping its CallVantage broadband VoIP service since they dropped their affiliate marketing channel.Well, today I learned that AT&T is no longer accepting ANY new orders from ANY source - affiliate... Full Story

Posted on August 15, 2008 3:34 PM

AT&T to Lay Off 1.5% of Workforce

AT&T announced today that it'll be cutting about 1.5 percent of its workforce. The company calls it the "next step in streamlining its operations." AT&T had about 310,000 employees at the end of 2007, meaning the layoffs would affect about... Full Story

Posted on April 18, 2008 11:39 AM

AT&T U-Verse Batteries Exploding

AT&T just can't catch a break with their troubled U-Verse service. AT&T has to replace the lithium metal polymer batteries in the VRAD cabinets for U-Verse IPTV because four fires have occurred in various locations. 'Fire' is a bit... Full Story

Posted on January 16, 2008 11:41 AM

AT&T U-verse DVR Throughout the Home

AT&T U-verse customers have been complaining about lack of DVR (Digital Video Recorder) support that works throughput the home. Sure, you can get a single DVR box, but you can't view the recorded (or paused) content in the rest of... Full Story

Posted on November 5, 2007 2:52 PM

AT&T Delaying Deployment of Competitors' fiber lines?

Connecticut's Public Utiltiy Control could impose rewards or penalties that level the playing field for telecom and cable providers of voice and broadband service who say the owners of utility poles have been unfairly delaying utility pole connections for fiber-optic cable.... Full Story

Posted on July 11, 2007 12:02 PM

AT&T U-Verse Chance Encounter - What are the odds?

Late last week, I wrote about how I went into Best Buy and ran into an AT&T U-Verse sales rep pitching their U-Verse product. Well, over the weekend, I received an email from this same sales rep that I met... Full Story

Posted on May 7, 2007 3:48 PM

AT&T U-Verse offering 1 Year FREE of DISH Network

Yesterday, I was in Best Buy (Norwalk, CT store) walking past the TV section when I was approached by a guy standing by a table. He handed me some AT&T U-Verse literature and proceeded to pitch me on signing up... Full Story

Posted on May 4, 2007 10:42 AM

AT&T Lightspeed ahead! (NOT!)

AT&T won't be reaching 18 million homes this year with its "Lightspeed" U-Verse IPTV & VDSL broadband network, giving more credence to my AT&T U-Verse Doomed? article. The ironic thing is that AT&T just a few days go stated it... Full Story

Posted on March 1, 2007 11:53 AM

AT&T U-verse Doomed?

Many have heard of the difficulties in implementing AT&T's U-verse IPTV service. AT&T's U-verse network is actually a fiber/copper hybrid, which pulls fibers to 3,000 to 5,000 feet from the homes they serve, where it then connects to mini-DSLAMs called... Full Story

Posted on February 13, 2007 12:08 PM