Tag: AT&T
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DIRECTV NOW Quietly Improves Their DVR
Earlier this week, AT&T rolled out DVR support for HBO on DIRECTV NOW. DIRECTV NOW has once again been quietly updated to add support for fast-forwarding a show that is still being recorded. Now if you get home 15 minutes late for your favorite show you can start the recording from the beginning and even fast…
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AT&T Confirms Internet Customers Who Have DIRECTV NOW Will Be Exempt from Data Caps
Earlier this week, Cord Cutters News broke the story that AT&T is giving unlimited data to AT&T Internet customers who also have DIRECTV NOW. Now AT&T has confirmed to Cord Cutters News the deal and supplied additional details. To get free unlimited home Internet from AT&T, you have to have an AT&T Internet account and…
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AT&T Internet is Giving DIRECTV NOW Subscribers Unlimited Home Internet
Tonight AT&T started to contact AT&T home internet subscribers who also have DIRECTV NOW to inform them they will now get unlimited home internet for free. Typically, unlimited home internet costs $30 a month. (AT&T home internet customers are limited to 1 TB of data a month unless they pay an extra $30 a month.)…
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AT&T Plans to Raise DIRECTV & U-verse Prices in January 2019
Recently AT&T announced plans to raise the price of select DIRECTV and U-verse TV packages in 2019. This price hike will happen on January 29th, 2019 for current DIRECTV and U-verse customers. DIRECTV prices are going up between $1 and $8 a month. According to the price chart, most plans will be going up $3…
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AT&T Will Launch Their 5G Network This Week
Today AT&T announced that they plan to launch their 5G home internet services on Friday, December 21st. First launching in 12 cities this year including Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Louisville, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, San Antonio and Waco, Texas. In early 2019 AT&T plans to launch in 19 more cities including Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Nashville, Orlando,…
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AT&T Plans to Build Hundreds of New Cell Towers in 2019
Today AT&T announced that they plan to continue their partnership with Tillman Infrastructure to build hundreds of cell towers. This plan will have Tillman Infrastructure build and manage the towers and lease them to AT&T. AT&T says they plan to build these new towers where towers do not exist today. Hopefully helping AT&T close some…
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Cord Cutting This Week 56 – The Future of Roku TVs? AT&T Selling Hulu? & More
Join Cord Cutters News every Saturday as we take a look back at some of the biggest Cord Cutting Stories from the past week. Now, remember these are my opinions on them not an in-depth look at each story. If you would like to learn more about each story check out the links below. (Also let…
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AT&T Launches Fiber Internet In 12 New Markets
Today AT&T announced that they have launched fiber internet in 12 new markets. “An ultra-fast internet connection powered by AT&T Fiber lets you quickly access and stream the latest online movies, music and games. You can easily telecommute, video-conference, upload and download photos and videos, and connect faster to the cloud.” AT&T said in a statement. “We…
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AT&T Is Planning to Sell Some Assets (Maybe Hulu) to Lower Its Debt
At AT&T’s recent annual analyst meeting AT&T announced plans to sell some non-core assets to help address their debt load. With the purchase of Turner and other debts AT&T now has debt of $175 billion, they need to pay off. What do they plan to sell off? One report is Hulu is on the list…
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DIRECTV NOW is Asking For Public Testers For Their New Streaming Player
This week DIRECTV NOW once again email subscribers asking for beta testers for their new Android TV-powered streaming player. This new device is likely to be used for both DIRECTV NOW and a new DIRECTV streaming version AT&T announced last year. The device is an Android TV-powered streaming player called Osprey. (AT&T is very likely to…