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Cable bundle pricing dings AT&T broadband growth

Cable bundle pricing dings AT&T broadband growthConfirmation...... that package pricing of a complete set of services is key to competition between cable companies and telcos.The telcos have to roll out television, which cable obviously has already.Another name for streaming video is "television". Which is why the telcos are insistent...

Tags: Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, cable, telecommunications company, TV, cable company, AT&T Broadband, pricing strategy

Discussion threads 2006-07-25

AT&T Broadband to cut 1,700 jobs

About 1,700 jobs will be cut at AT&T's cable unit in Denver after the company closes a $28.6 billion merger with Comcast, combining two of the nation's largest cable operators. The companies said Wednesday that 675 employees were told the previous day that their jobs will be...

Tags: Job, AT&T Broadband, Denver, Recruitment & Selection, Cable, Mergers & Acquisitions, Network Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Investment, Finance, Networking, Reuters, Technology News

News items 2002-10-09

AT&T clamps down on multiple IPs

AT&T Broadband is telling cable modem customers with multiple IP addresses to pay up or risk having their addresses shut off. AT&T Broadband is telling cable modem customers who have been getting multiple IP addresses for free to pay up or risk having their addresses shut off. ...

Tags: AT&T Broadband, Network, Customer, AT&T Corp., IP, IP Address, Network Technology, Networking, Troy Wolverton

News items 2002-09-16

Multi-hour outage hits AT&T Broadband

A router problem at AT&T Broadband caused a nearly three-hour nationwide outage of its high-speed Internet service on Tuesday. The problem, caused by faulty equipment in Chicago, primarily affected customers who live in areas formerly served by Tele-Communications Inc., which AT&T bought in 1998, company spokeswoman Sarah Eder...

Tags: AT&T Broadband, Outage, Manufacturing, Routers & Switches, Networking, Troy Wolverton

News items 2002-08-30

AT&T Broadband faces lawsuit

AT&T on Thursday was hit with a lawsuit alleging the company's cable television business failed to provide high-speed Internet access in neighborhoods where poor and minority populations live, and improperly charged for services. AT&T Broadband, the No. 1 U.S. cable television company, rejected the allegations raised in the lawsuit,...

Tags: Cable Television, Lawsuit, AT&T Broadband, Cable, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Reuters, Technology News

News items 2002-08-30

AT&T Broadband opts for tiered pricing

The company offers a faster and pricier cable Internet access dubbed UltraLink, set to debut in cities including Dallas, Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area. AT&T Broadband is offering a faster and pricier level of cable Interent access, dubbed UltraLink. The service, which...

Tags: AT&T Broadband, Pricing Strategy, UltraLink, Cable, Modems, Network Technology, Pricing, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, Marketing, Larry Dignan

News items 2002-08-01

Wi-Fi users warned of pirates

AT&T Broadband tells customers to secure their Wi-Fi networks after someone used a subscriber's access to dispatch a pirated movie over the Web. AT&T Broadband is warning customers to secure their Wi-Fi networks after an unusual case in which a subscriber played an unwitting role in dispatching a pirated...

Tags: Security, AT&T Broadband, Network, Movie, Wi-Fi Network, Piracy, NIST, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Ben Charny

News items 2002-07-31

AT&T Broadband's billing blunder

AT&T Broadband suffered a billing glitch when switching over former Excite@Home customers, a representative for the company confirmed. December bills for some of the customers transferred over after the Excite@Home bankruptcy was delayed. As a result, those customers got two bills in January. The billing process should be back to...

Tags: AT&T Broadband, Billing, Excite@Home, Margaret Kane

News items 2002-02-07

AT&T Broadband phones St. Paul

AT&T Broadband announced Wednesday that it now provides local and long-distance phone service to customers in St.Paul, Minn.--a move that puts the cable TV and Internet access provider in direct competition with local phone companies like Qwest Communications International. AT&T Broadband now offers customers a single telephone line for $14.75...

Tags: AT&T Broadband, Phone, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Networking, Sam Ames

News items 2002-02-07

Excite@Home refugees find services lacking

Customers hit by the demise of the high-speed Internet service brace for more potential headaches as AT&T Broadband and Comcast merge their vast cable networks. Customers who were whipsawed by the demise of Excite@Home are bracing for more potential headaches as AT&T Broadband and Comcast merge their...

Tags: AT&T Broadband, Network, Comcast Corp., Customer, Excite@Home, Mergers & Acquisitions, Cable, Network Technology, VPNs, E-mail, Networking, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Investment, Finance, Personal Technology, Online Communications, John Borland, Technology News

News items 2001-12-21

Comcast, AT&T cable deal to create Net giant

The $72 billion merger is expected to create a cable powerhouse that will also be a leading provider of broadband Net access. After months of corporate tire-kicking, AT&T...

Tags: AT&T Broadband, Phone, Network, Comcast Corp., Broadband, AT&T Corp., Wireless Business, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, John Borland, Technology News

News items 2001-12-20

AT&T Broadband customers bogged down

Angry subscribers gripe that connections speeds have slowed dramatically. Test your connection with our handy tool. AT&T says it has "successfully" switched more than 850,000 former Excite@Home broadband Internet customers to its own network, but customers beg to differ. ...

Tags: AT&T Broadband, Network, Customer, AT&T Corp., Connection, Excite@Home, Modems, Internet, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Networking, Hardware, Components, Rachel Konrad, Technology News

News items 2001-12-08

AOL-AT&T combo has politics on its side

A few votes in Florida last year may have cleared the way for a potential blockbuster deal between AOL Time Warner and AT&T Broadband. As rumors escalate about a possible merger or major investment involving Internet and media giant AOL Time Warner and...

Tags: FCC, Time Warner Inc., AT&T Broadband, America Online Inc., Analyst, AT&T Corp., Michael Powell, Cable, Network Technology, Federal Government, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Government, Corey Grice

News items 2001-09-11

Report: AOL bids for AT&T Broadband

AOL Time Warner has made an undisclosed bid to buy AT&T's cable business, according to published reports. by ZDNN Staff

Tags: AT&T Broadband, America Online Inc., Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, ZDNN Staff

News items 2001-09-08

AT&T talks cable with Microsoft, Disney

In its quest to find a rich bidder who can afford to spend more than Comcast's $40 billion offer, Ma Bell is trying to get the attention of Bill and Mickey. NEW YORK -- AT&T executives, trying to court potential suitors and partners for the company's cable-TV business, held...

Tags: Disney Corp., AT&T Broadband, Comcast Corp., AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp., Cox Communications Inc., Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Deborah Solomon

News items 2001-08-13

Comcast makes bid for AT&T Broadband

The major cable television operator makes an unsolicited offer worth $44.5 billion in stock to buy AT&T Broadband, the communications giant's cable unit. Comcast, a major cable television...

Tags: AT&T Broadband, Comcast Corp., AT&T Corp., Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Corey Grice, Technology News

News items 2001-07-09

AT&T swaps cable systems for cash

AT&T Broadband takes a small step toward cleaning up its balance sheet by selling off several of its cable TV systems for more than $2.5 billion in cash. AT&T Broadband, which exited fiscal 2000 with more than $28 billion in long-term debt, took...

Tags: Cable Television, AT&T Broadband, Cable System, AT&T Corp., Missouri, Cable, Balance Sheets, TVs, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Home Entertainment, Networking, Larry Barrett, Technology News

News items 2001-07-02

Additional Resources

AOL: Will Armstrong get any honeymoon?

Time to send out some free AOL signup disks ntntGood Bye AOLThe sooner AOL is just a shadow in the rear-view-mirror of technological history, the better.Since day one they were a success because of aggressive marketing not due to providing anything of any value to their customers.When they bought Time...

Tags: Transportation, America Online Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

AOL/Facebook in the Enterprise

In 1994 America Online trailed Compuserve and Prodigy, a third subscription option in how you hooked your modem up to the internet to go cyber surfing. What propelled AOL to global dominance by the end of that decade was their proprietary 'rainman' platform, which enabled partners...

Tags: Facebook, America Online Inc., Shop Logic, Business World, Internet, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Samsung upgrading its UbiCell CDMA base station to 3G next year

Samsung has announced that their UbiCell Personal CDMA Base Station will go 3G in 2010. But other than that, it's pretty hush hush. Basically, the station eliminates the need for any pesky land line services. The plug-and-play station provides in-home cellular service securely over...

Tags: Base Station, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 3G, Ethernet, Routers & Switches, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Networking, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-17