Tag: AT&T
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Is DIRECTV & AT&T Ending Free Max For Legacy Customers? Likely Just a Glitch
This afternoon DIRECTV mass emailed a massive number of DIRECTV customers to inform them that their legacy access to Max, formerly HBO Max was ending. According to the email, this is because the users made a change to their AT&T Wireless or Broadband Accounts that are resulting in them losing access to the accounts. As…
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AT&T and Comcast Want to Supercharge the Effort to Find a 5G Killer App
AT&T and Comcast joined a group dedicated to investing in new businesses and applications that take advantage of 5G wireless technology. The 5G Open Innovation Lab said on Wednesday that the two broadband giants have taken roles as “founding partners” and will help foster the development of 118 startups funded by the organization. Fifth generation,…
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Check the Fine Print on Those $1,000 iPhone 15 Trade-In Offers
It happens every year: Apple unveils a new iPhone and big carriers like T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T shortly after roll out their big trade-in offers, all in a bid to get you to switch. A few hours after the iPhone 15 debuted, the carriers followed with several big offers, touting a $1,000 towards Apple’s flagship…
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AT&T Wants Big Tech Like Google & Netflix To Pay For a Rural Internet Rollout
Big Tech has benefited from more people coming online, and should help shoulder the cost of rolling out broadband internet. That’s the belief of AT&T, which suggested companies like Google contribute to the government’s Universal Service Fund since they directly benefit and profit from that broadband expansion. The USF is one of the key mechanisms…
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AT&T Internet Air 5G Home Broadband Adds Four Markets
AT&T’s 5G home internet service, which it calls Internet Air, expanded to four new markets. The company said on Wednesday that the Cleveland-Akron area of Ohio, Denver, the Orlando-Gainesville area of Florida and the area around Providence, Rhode Island and New Bedford, Massachusetts, will offer Internet Air. The four markets add to what has been…
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Charter CEO Throws Shade at 5G Home Internet, Calls it the “Next DSL”
Charter CEO Chris Winfrey isn’t impressed with 5G home internet service. The service, often referred to as fixed wireless access, has seen tremendous growth over the last two years. In the second quarter alone, new subscribers to 5G home internet service accounted for virtually the entire broadband industry’s growth, with nearly 900,000 net new customers.…
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5G’s Killer App Might Not Be What You Expected
While consumers have embraced 5G, many still want to better understand what 5G can actually do. In short – 5G has yet to find its killer app. That’s according to the 2023 Connected Consumer Survey from consulting firm Deloitte. The report said 62% of surveyed consumers have a 5G-enabled smartphone. And those who haven’t made…
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Say Goodbye to DSL & Landline Phones As AT&T & Others Shut Down Their Copper Lines
The age of landline phones and DSL is coming to a close as more telecom companies move away from legacy copper networks. AT&T plans to shutter around half its copper network by 2025, offering customers voice over internet protocols (VOIP), or phone over the internet. AT&T customers can keep their DSL for now, but the…
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How Connecting Trailer Parks With Ultra-Fast Internet May Lead to Faster Service For You
A tiny internet provider has made a lot of noise supplying ultra-fast internet to a community few people – including those in the broadband industry – pay little attention to: mobile homes in RV parks. Kwikbit Internet is an internet service provider that solely supplies service to recreational vehicles and mobile homes in trailer parks,…
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When is 6G coming to T-Mobile, Verizon, & AT&T?
Numerous 5G networks are still launching around the world, but that isn’t stopping the industry from talking about what’s next with 6G — even if it isn’t quite real yet. If you’re looking forward to upgrading to 6G, you’ve got quite a bit of waiting ahead. At the IFA conference in Berlin, Samsung said it…