Tag: AT&T
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A US Federal Judge Has Approved The AT&T-Time Warner Merger
The AT&T-Time Warner antitrust trial finally has a ruling after the trial ended last month. Last year The Department of Justice had called on AT&T and Time Warner to sell all or part of the Turner Broadcasting Group—the group of cable networks that includes CNN—or to sell off DIRECTV and keep the cable networks as…
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AT&T is Raising The Price For Grandfathered Unlimited Plans
Do you still have an old grandfathered unlimited plan from AT&T? Well, you will soon see a price hike on that bill. AT&T recently started to notify grandfathered subscribes that their plan will cost an extra $5 a month every month. Many cord cutters kept these plans as a way to stream all the content…
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The Time Warner-AT&T Ruling is Expected Tomorrow
The AT&T-Time Warner antitrust trial has came to a close last month now it looks like we will have a ruling tomorrow. AT&T is hoping that the judge will approve their merger with Time Warner but The Department of Justice is hoping the judge will block the deal unless certain conditions are met. The Department…
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AT&T Is Offering $35 Off DIRECTV NOW Every Month to New Wireless Customers
Want to get DIRECTV NOW for free for a full year? Right now AT&T is offering new wireless customers on any eligible Enhanced plan $35 off of DIRECTV NOW every month for the first year. After that, you will be eligible for $15 off every month if you have an AT&T Unlimited plan. With this…
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DIRECTV NOW Went Down During the NBA Finals Tonight
Tonight DIRECTV NOW crashed hard under what looks to be extremely heavy use. Shortly after the start of game 3 of the NBA Finals DIRECTV NOW crashed hard. Not only for users watching the NBA Finals but for all users. Update: DIRECTV NOW is back online. Here is what DownDetector looked like shortly after…
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5G Testing is Expanding in California & New Jersey
Last week Qualcomm announced that they have received permission from the FCC to start testing 5G home internet in the 28 GHz range in Bridgewater, New Jersey, and San Diego, California. This will allow Qualcomm to conduct new testing in the immediate vicinity of its buildings and roads within 1 km around the Qualcomm headquarters in San Diego and…
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AT&T Has Completed The DIRECTV NOW & DIRECTV Streaming Merger
As of today if you stream DIRECTV or DIRECTV NOW, you are streaming from the same servers. In the past AT&T had two completely separate servers, apps, and account for DIRECTV NOW customers and DIRECTV customers. Over the last few months, AT&T has started merging the two systems moving DIRECTV NOW subscribers to AT&T account.…
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AT&T Says Their $15 TV Streaming Service Will Only Launch if Their Time Warner Deal Closes
Recently AT&T announced plans for a skinnier version of streaming service DIRECTV NOW, called AT&T Watch. This new service will be priced at $15/month and be a sports free version of DIRECTV NOW. According to Mr. Stephenson, the service drops sports programming and will focus on other channels similar to how Philo works. The hope is the…
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AT&T Says Most New Cord Cutters Are Millennials Living in Apartments
Today at the Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California AT&T’s CEO Randal Stephenson opened up about cord cutting and DIRECTV’s recent losses. According to Randall Stephenson most new cord cutters in 2017 were millennials and primarily lived in apartment buildings. Well, it may be true that most of DIRECTV cancelations maybe coming mainly from Millennials but I…
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FOX Teams Up With AT&T to Test 4K Streaming Over 5G
5G has been a dream of cord cutters for years, and the idea of true competition coming to the home internet market is now looking like a reality. In their effort to roll out 5G home internet later this year, AT&T has teamed up with FOX to test 4K streaming over 5G. During this test,…