Maui Recovers, with Help from Verizon and AT&T At excruciatingly slow pace, Maui begins to rebuild from the ashes. Following the wildfire that ravaged the western half of the island and killed well over a hundred people, phone and internet…Continue Reading →
Multi-Gigabit Broadband: AT&T Shatters All Existing Speed Records We’re hearing a lot about wireless internet lately. The press can hardly contain its excitement over the newer wireless systems. Meanwhile, cable and fiber internet providers, with far less fanfare, have been…Continue Reading →
50% HBO Max Discounts for Some AT&T Customers In every cloud, it’s been said, there’s a silver lining. We don’t know if this is true in every case, but it is true for AT&T customers who had HBO Max with…Continue Reading →
Movie Theaters May Stream Movies to Homes For decades, cable, telecom, and satellite video systems have fought fiercely with theater chains and with TV and movie studios– sometimes over market share, more often over licensing. They have to deal with…Continue Reading →
AT&T Launches an Emergency Blimp In the aftermath of natural disaster or mass terror, emergency personnel need reliable phone and internet service. Unfortunately, such incidents often bring critical damage to communication networks. Where cable or fiber networks are disrupted, how…Continue Reading →
Through the end of February, AT&T is offering free Apple TV sets with new internet subscriptions…
AT&T to Straddle Cord-Cutting, Standard TV For the last two years, AT&T has energetically challenged conventional practices in pay TV. Two years ago, the telecom launched DirecTV Now, a streaming video service without cable or fiber lines or a satellite…Continue Reading →
Beta Test for DTV Now Cloud DVR Ends AT&T has ended the beta test for its DirecTV Now cloud DVR. One published report states that the telecom will soon release a consumer version with 120 hours of HD storage, and this…Continue Reading →
AT&T’s Future: Expanded HBO & Streaming Video Streaming video and expanded HBO options are central to AT&T’s long term future. This, at least, is what the telecom giant said in an extended earnings call last Tuesday. AT&T told investors that…Continue Reading →
Cities Added to AT&T’s 5G List AT&T is serious about building 5G wireless networks. Two days ago, the telecom giant announced its plan to build the advanced internet systems in three more cities: Raleigh (NC), Charlotte (NC), and Oklahoma City. In…Continue Reading →