Tag: AT&T
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AT&T Plans to Launch a “Home-Centric” Version of DIRECTV NOW
Well, it looks like AT&T has big plans for the future of DIRECTV NOW. Yesterday during the AT&T 4th quarter earnings call AT&T announced that by the end of 2018 they plan to launch a “home-centric” version of DIRECTV NOW. From the limited information, we have this version seems to be more targeted to replacing their…
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AT&T Completes Important 5G Home Internet Testing
AT&T has been one of the earlier 5G home internet testers. 5G home internet brings the promise of gigabyte fiber speeds without the need to run fiber to every home. AT&T for some time now has been testing 5G internet in towns like Austin, Texas, and now Dallas, Texas. AT&T has announced that they have…
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In 2017 AT&T Connected 440,000 in Rural Areas to Broadband With More on The Way
Yesterday AT&T announced that their efforts to bring broadband Internet to rural America connected more than 440,000 homes and small businesses across 18 states in hard-to-reach areas in 2017. “We’re thrilled to connect more families, businesses and communities through our leadership in bringing Fixed Wireless Internet to more places than any other company,” said Cheryl…
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AT&T Announces Plans to Launch 5G Home Internet in a 23 Markets
5G home internet brings the promise of fiber speeds wirelessly over the air. A few weeks ago Verizon announced plans to launch in a handful of markets and now AT&T is promises the same. “5G will change the way we live, work and enjoy entertainment,” said Melissa Arnoldi, president, AT&T Technology and Operations. “We’re moving quickly to…
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How To Stop Getting Spam Email And Mail From Comcast, DIRECTV, Dish, TWC, And More
2018 is here and your ex-pay TV provider really wants you back. We all know the pain after you cancel your TV service you get hundreds of emails and letters asking you to come back. Here is how you can get off their contact list for many of the major companies. The first thing you…
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AT&T Pushes Back Their Deadline to Buy Time Warner
Once again AT&T is finding themselves pushing back the deadline to buy Time Warner, the parent company behind cable channels HBO, CNN, and more. For months now AT&T has been trying to buy Time Warner, but they are facing a lawsuit from the DOJ who is trying to block the sale or force AT&T to…
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DIRECTV is Laying Off 700 Installers as Cord Cutting Grows
Cord Cutting is slowly taking bigger and bigger bites out of traditional pay TV. Now we have learned that AT&T is laying off 700 DIRECTV installers. “We’re adding people in many areas where we’re seeing increased customer demand for products and services, and we’re adjusting our workforce in some other areas as we continue to…
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DIRECTV NOW’s Cloud DVR Will Be Down Tonight For Upgrades & Maintenance
Tonight DIRECTV NOW emailed DVR testers to notify them at starting at midnight PST their DVRs will be down for maintenance The down time is expepected to be done around 10 am PST tomorrow. Here is a copy of the email: Good Afternoon Testers, We’re currently upgrading a few things for the beta app, so you…
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AT&T Launches a Public 5G Trial in Waco, Texas
Today AT&T announced that they are opening up their 5G fixed wireless internet trial to visitors of the Magnolia at the Silos in Waco Texas. “This is a meaningful and important step in bringing our 5G fixed wireless trials to Waco starting with the Silos,” said Marachel Knight, senior vice president, Technology Planning and Engineering,…
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AT&T Announces Project AirGig For Wireless Gigabit Home Internet
Yesterday AT&T announced their new Project AirGig with plans to offer 1 Gigabit per second home internet wirelessly. AirGig uses existing power poles to place wireless towers without the need to build new towers. According to AT&T this will allow AirGig service can be rolled out far faster than other high speed internet service “Using…