Tag: AT&T
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The Recap: Netflix Price Hike, T-Mobile Buying a Cable Company and More
Netflix kicked off “earning season,” a stretch when companies report their quarterly results and offer a glimpse into the health of their business. While this will be a financial-heavy version of The Recap, Netflix didn’t just talk about how much it made. It also joined virtually every other media player in raising prices (yay…). As…
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AT&T Added 25,000 5G Home Internet Customers in a Little More Than a Month
AT&T’s Internet Air 5G home broadband service is off to a quick start. The carrier signed up 25,000 customers to the service in the third quarter, AT&T CEO John Stankey said on the company’s earnings conference call on Thursday. That’s notable considering it just expanded its service to 16 markets in late August, meaning it…
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AT&T Says Net Neutrality is Not Needed
Earlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it would attempt to bring back the Obama-era net neutrality regulations. AT&T CEO John Stankey on Thursday came out swinging against the FCC. When asked about FCC’s plans to bring net neutrality back to internet service providers, he made it clear that net neutrality was not…
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AT&T Says DIRECTV is Out Performing Expectations But Didn’t Rule Out Selling It
Back in 2021, AT&T completed its plan to spin off DIRECTV into an independent company, with 70% of it being owned by AT&T and 30% by TPG Captial. Now, during AT&T’s earnings call today, AT&T said that they are very happy with DIRECTV right now, but if something came along, they would evaluate it. This…
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The Death of The Home Phone? AT&T Lost 356,000 Home Phone Customers In Just 3 Months
Today, AT&T reported results for the third quarter 2023 and announced that in just three months, it lost 365,00 home phone customers from both voice internet protocol services and its traditional phone service. AT&T also lost 28,000 DSL customers as it transitions away to fiber and 5G home internet. This all comes as AT&T plans…
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AT&T Hopes to Save $2 Billion After Cutting $6 Billion in Costs By Shutting Down Older Wireless Networks
Recently, AT&T cut costs in its wireless division by shutting down older wireless networks. This resulted in savings of about $6 billion. Now AT&T reportedly plans to save $2 billion over the next three years, according to a report from Investing.com. This announcement comes as AT&T announces it will focus on bringing wireless services to…
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AT&T Wants to Delay SpaceX’s Plans to Offer Texts, Calls, and LTE Data From Space As It Asks For Changes
A year ago, T-Mobile and SpaceX unveiled a partnership to combine the former’s spectrum with the latter’s network of low-orbit satellites for more comprehensive wireless coverage, an initiative they coined “Coverage Above and Beyond.” But with SpaceX’s Starlink service getting ready to test sending and receiving calls and texts from space, AT&T and the Rural…
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AT&T May Sell DIRECTV – Here is Everything We Know & What This Means For Cord Cutting
This week, a report revealed that AT&T was actively looking at selling all or part of its remaining 70% ownership stake in DIRECTV. The deal would mark a complete break between DIRECTV and AT&T. The satellite TV provider struggled for years under AT&T management, only to be spun out back in August 2021 in a…
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Mint Mobile Told To Cease Claiming its Unlimited Plan is “Now Just $15 a Month”
You may want to check the exact terms of that Mint Mobile unlimited plan. The National Advertising Division recommended that Mint stop or modify its claim that its service is “now just $15 a month” because it could be misleading to customers. The $15 rate for the unlimited only lasts three months as a promotion,…
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AT&T Quietly Changed its Smartphone Unlock Policy
AT&T has updated its unlock policy for paid-in-full devices without many people noticing. Instead of being able to purchase a smartphone in full from the carrier and moving to another service without waiting, customers now must wait 60 days from the purchase date. While the change happened in late July, they were spotted a few…