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- SBC
- (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada...
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- AT
- ATSomething for a journalist to investigate...or maybe you already know.Is it possible that your esteemed landlord is getting a discount/kickback for making AT&T the exclusive provider of broadband in your complex?I must say Mr. Ou I sympathize with you..You are well aware im NOT a proponet of Comcast in ANYWAY...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, DSL, Network technology, Fios TV, Comcast Corp., Mbps, Kbps, SBC
- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
- Success!
- Success!Norton and SBC DSLSo I'm sitting at home surfing the web and I'm trying to download Office 2007 from work. The file is about 400MB but I've got SBC (AT&T) DSL, right? After about 3 minutes of downloading, my connection would drop. I continued down this road...
- Tags: DSL, Broadband Internet, Network technology, Microsoft Office, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Norton Co., SBC, SBC DSL
- Discussion threads 2007-08-29
- Massive network outage for AT&T-SBC
- Massive network outage for AT&T-SBCNot unexpected, sadlyAs a long-time Bellsouth DSL customer these types of outages are "normal". Apparantly "whenever" is a great time to bring down the network. Thank goodness for OPENDNS.COM and their reliable replacement for companies such as this. Since switching the number of...
- Tags: Public relations, INTERNET, Telephony, Manufacturing, AT&T Corp., SBC, network
- Discussion threads 2007-05-30
- iPhone prompts accelerated Cingular rebranding
- iPhone prompts accelerated Cingular rebrandingThey certainly need to get rid of the CINGULAR nameto improve their customer perception, since they made such a mess of their customer support.No iphone here...We're talking about at&tSBC.The same at&tSBC which along with Verizon works buy off State legislators in an attempt to ban municipal...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Cingular Wireless, warrant, Wi-Fi, SBC
- Discussion threads 2007-05-21
- Supreme Court to review Bell conspiracy case
- Supreme Court to review Bell conspiracy caseIt's happening in plain sightThey compete only on the cellular market.I can't get a second competitor for a land line where I live. Can you?Yup I canI've got Vonage right now and I don't pay the Telco a single penny. In September I will...
- Tags: Federal government, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, cable, FCC, Sage, Verizon Communications Inc., SBC, Lenel
- Discussion threads 2006-06-26
- Is AT&T-SBC tiff with SF newspaper really about fear of Google?
- Even though I think Internet entrepreneur and savant John Battelle has way, way overhyped a Web 2.0 that doesn't exist as an embodied, sensient force, I have a tendency to regard his observations and reportage with the utmost credibility.That's why my head turned when I read John's latest Searchblog...
- Tags: Google Inc., SBC
- Blog posts 2006-02-07
- FCC proposes fines for AT&T, Alltel
- FCC proposes fines for AT&T, Alltellower-case you dodosThe new at&t notice the case was formed from SBC and the OLD AT&T. Have you seen the commercials? Have you seen any capital letters? Dufuses.ON TOPIC now:"U.S. communications regulators on Monday proposed fining AT&T and Alltel $100,000 each for failing to properly...
- Tags: Federal government, FCC, AT&T Corp., Cingular Wireless, Alltel Corp., SBC
- Discussion threads 2006-01-31
- AT&T enters TV market
- AT&T enters TV marketWhich AT&T is this?I just can't keep up with ATT - are they dead, did they sell out, is it JUST a name? A rose by ANY other name would still - smell bad . . .tonywacth tvIt's extremely simpleAT&T was forced to breakup. Then SBC (seperate...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, AT&T Corp., SBC, TV
- Discussion threads 2006-01-06
- Tech-support outsourcing is never the right thing to do
- Tech-support outsourcing is never the right thing to doSBC support not degraded by overseasSBC has always had a policy of refusing to give a full answer on tech support questions. Once, since they moved tech support overseas, they did actually answer a question for me, so I can say...
- Tags: tech support, outsourcing, SBC, job, Tech-support outsourcing
- Discussion threads 2005-11-20
- SBC closes AT&T acquisition
- SBC closes AT&T acquisitionWhat ever happen to telco...monopoly? For that matter what about the oil companies?Looks like we are going backwards from the breakup of big corporations. |:(
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, AT&T acquisition, SBC, AT&T Corp., acquisition
- Discussion threads 2005-11-18
- Conflicts
- I have a few problems with Yahoo. They are:1. The very regrettable incident where they outed a Chinese dissident who is now in a Chinese prison. 2. An odd relationship with SBC3. Being a primary source of revenue for spyware vendors while also providing an anti-spyware solution. First the Shi...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., SBC
- Blog posts 2005-11-04
- With telco mergers approved, greed factor can't be discounted
- With telco mergers approved, greed factor can't be discountedI wonder tooIn this article, http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-5924285.html, Whitacre mentions [i]greater choice in communications services and providers[/i]. It looks to me like there are going to be 2 less providers. I sure wish he had mentioned how many more services and providers...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VOIP, Telephony, merger, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Level 3/Cogentco, alter.net infrastructure, SBC, lousier service
- Discussion threads 2005-11-01
- With telco mergers approved, greed factor can't be discounted
- I've been processing my thoughts this morning on what happens next in light of the Federal Communications Commission's unanimous approval yesterday of the Verizon-MCI and SBC-AT&T mergers.My opinion is a conflicted one. From the standpoint of telecommunications infrastructure, these deals work. AT&T's able business services infrastructure meshes well with SBC's...
- Tags: MCI Inc., cable, Ed Whitacre
- Blog posts 2005-11-01
- SBC chief: Vonage, other VoIP providers should pay to use our pipes
- SBC chief: Vonage, other VoIP providers should pay to use our pipesDouble dippingSo SBC wants to charge its customers for a broadband connection, and then charge them again for using it? What century does this guy think his company is operating in?CEO Ed Whitacre is a scared little executive..Mr. Whitacre...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Government, Telecom & Utilities, Broadband Internet, Vonage Holdings Corp., Level 3 Communications Inc., SBC, VoIP company, VoIP
- Discussion threads 2005-10-31
- SBC chief: Vonage, other VoIP providers should pay to use our pipes
- In a new Business Week Online interview, SBC Telecommunications CEO Ed Whitacre sounds a bit more than forthright about what he sees as his company's right to demand carrier fees from Internet telephony providers.Whitacre, whose company will take the AT&T name when, as expected, final approval is granted for SBC...
- Tags: pipe, Ed Whitacre, Vonage Holdings Corp.
- Blog posts 2005-10-31
- Top US advertisers: GM, Procter and Gamble, Time Warner, Ford, SBC
- TNS Media Intelligence published a list of top advertisers across all media in the United States in the first half of 2005. Top advertising buyers in the United States Company 1st half 2005 1st half 2004 Change GM $1,514.70 $1,263.10 19.90% P&G $1,265.30 $1,327.20 -4.70% Time Warner $958.10 $896.50 6.90% Ford $812.10 $714.00 13.70% SBC $793.60 $856.40 -7.30% Johnson & Johnson $784.90 $642.60 22.10% Verizon $755.60 $704.40 7.30% Daimler Chrysler $743.90...
- Tags: 1St, TNS, SBC
- Blog posts 2005-10-19
- SBC CFO jokes: we're out to pillage and plunder the industry
- SBC CFO jokes: we're out to pillage and plunder the industryWhoever wrote that blurb on SBC is blindThe little blurb against SBC is, for the most part, a load of partisan crap, and I must respond. Disclaimer: Yes, I am an SBC DLS customer - I have been for well...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, industry, SBC, DSL
- Discussion threads 2005-10-18
- SBC CFO jokes: we're out to pillage and plunder the industry
- When I read the following quote in Salon.com's newly posted "Free American broadband!" article, it, just like Marvin Gaye in "Inner City Blues," made me wanna holler, throw up both my hands. Sure, I know SBC's Chief Financial Officer was kidding, but hey, do you realize how that sounds? I...
- Tags: SBC, DSL
- Blog posts 2005-10-18
- Yahoo, Verizon launch co-branded DSL
- Yahoo, Verizon launch co-branded DSLDeal?So if SBC Yahoo DSL provides the same features at the same price but higher speeds, why would anyone settle for anyone settle for Verizon Yahoo DSL? There is a stark difference between the quoted max. bitrates: 1.5 Mbps v/s 768 Kbps. No prizes...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, Yahoo! Inc., DSL, Verizon Communications Inc., SBC
- Discussion threads 2005-08-23
- Vonage's Citron: ISP is surcharging for Vonage access
- On Monday, Vonage CEO Jeff Citron charged that an unnamed Internet Service Provider was implementing a surcharge on customers that wanted to use Vonage's VoIP services over its network.Citron made the charge while speaking at the Progress & Freedom Foundation's Aspen Summit in you get one guess where Aspen, Col."Those...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., Internet Service Provider, broadband, Jeff Citron
- Blog posts 2005-08-22
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