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AT&T promises fiber-to-the-home expansion in 90 metro areas this year

AT&T promises fiber-to-the-home expansion in 90 metro areas this year

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Enlarge / An AT&T technician working on a fiber project. AT&T today said it will bring fiber Internet to a few million more homes and businesses by the end of this year. "In 2021, AT&T plans to increase its fiber footprint by an additional 3 million customer locations across more than 90 metro areas," AT&T said.…
AT&T announces deal to spin off DirecTV into new company owned by… AT&T

AT&T announces deal to spin off DirecTV into new company owned...

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Enlarge / AT&T's logo at its corporate headquarters on March 13, 2020 in Dallas, Texas. Nearly six years after buying DirecTV for $48.5 billion, AT&T today announced a deal to sell a minority stake in the business unit and spin it out into a new subsidiary. AT&T said its deal with private equity firm TPG…
AT&T and Frontier have let phone networks fall apart, Calif. regulator finds

AT&T and Frontier have let phone networks fall apart, Calif. regulator...

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AT&T and Frontier have let their copper phone networks deteriorate through neglect since 2010, resulting in poor service quality and many lengthy outages, a report commissioned by the California state government found. Customers in low-income areas and areas without substantial competition have fared the worst, the report found. AT&T in particular was found to have…
AT&T customer since 1960 buys WSJ print ad to complain of slow speeds

AT&T customer since 1960 buys WSJ print ad to complain of...

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A man who has been an AT&T customer since 1960 has a message for CEO John Stankey about the company's failure to upgrade DSL areas to modern Internet service. Aaron Epstein, 90, is so frustrated by his 3Mbps Internet plan that he took out a Wall Street Journal ad in today's print edition in order…
Why victims of AT&T unlimited-data throttling get only $22 in settlements

Why victims of AT&T unlimited-data throttling get only $22 in settlements

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AT&T has agreed to a $12 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over its throttling of "unlimited" mobile data plans. As usual, refunds to individual customers amount to a fraction of what the customers paid for the hobbled service. The paltry nature of expected per-person payments was explained last week by plaintiffs in a filing…
AT&T may keep majority ownership of DirecTV as it closes in on final deal

AT&T may keep majority ownership of DirecTV as it closes in...

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Enlarge / A DirecTV satellite dish seen outside a bar in Portland, Oregon, in October 2019. AT&T is reportedly closing in on a deal to sell a stake in DirecTV to TPG, a private-equity firm. Unfortunately for customers hoping that AT&T will relinquish control of DirecTV, a Reuters report on Friday said the pending deal…
AT&T raises DirecTV prices again amid customer losses and possible sale

AT&T raises DirecTV prices again amid customer losses and possible sale

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Enlarge / A DirecTV satellite dish seen outside a bar in Portland, Oregon, in October 2019.Getty Images | hapabapa AT&T has announced another round of price hikes for DirecTV satellite and U-verse TV services, with monthly prices set to rise up to $9 starting January 17, 2021. "Due to increased programming costs, we're adjusting the…
Broadband power users explode, making data caps more profitable for ISPs

Broadband power users explode, making data caps more profitable for ISPs

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Data cap cash. The number of broadband "power users"—people who use 1TB or more per month—has doubled over the past year, ensuring that ISPs will be able to make more money from data caps. In Q3 2020, 8.8 percent of broadband subscribers used at least 1TB per month, up from 4.2 percent in Q3 2019, according…
What using AT&T’s 768kbps DSL is like in 2020—yes, it’s awful

What using AT&T’s 768kbps DSL is like in 2020—yes, it’s awful

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Getty Images | Synergee Millions of Americans live in broadband deserts with no access to anything resembling modern Internet service. But few people have it as bad as those who must rely on AT&T's ancient DSL network. Kathie McNamee of Raymond, Mississippi is one of those unlucky AT&T DSL customers. McNamee said she pays AT&T…
The tech antitrust problem no one is talking about

The tech antitrust problem no one is talking about

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After years of building political pressure for antitrust scrutiny of major tech companies, this month Congress and the US government delivered. The House Antitrust Subcommittee released a report accusing Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook of monopolistic behavior. The Department of Justice filed a complaint against Google alleging the company prevents consumers from sampling other search…

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