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Comments on news posted 2008-01-08 18:29:33: AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson today stated the company is seeing a slowdown in the consumer landline and broadband business. To blame? Service disconnections from customers not paying their landline and broadband bills. ..
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  KylemaulLovin' My FirefoxPremium
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North Port, FL | nah nah nah nah hey hey hey I'm finally dumping this crapola company for good on Friday.  | |
| |  lilhurricaneCrunchin' For CuresPremium,Mod
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| | AT & T are greedy I dumped them for Comcast because they spy on you.See story below.Screw these Greedy bastards!!
AT&T Pushes Internet Piracy Filters At CES
'We've got to figure out a friendly way to do it...'
09:58AM Wednesday Jan 09 2008 by Karl
tags: Fileswapping · business · bandwidth · AT&T DSL Service
AT&T this year will voluntarily put mechanisms in place that will filter pirated material from the company's network. No specific technology has been announced, but insiders say that AT&T has been testing a solution from Vobile since last Spring. Yesterday at CES AT&T's chief lobbyist met with NBC, Microsoft and others to discuss the company's filtering plans.
Mr. Cicconi said that AT&T has been talking to technology companies, and members of the MPAA and RIAA, for the last six months about implementing digital fingerprinting techniques on the network level.
As we've noted previously, AT&T is treading very dangerous ground here. Moral and legal debates aside for a moment, the elephant in the room has long been that p2p piracy has driven this industry, and by eliminating this as an option, many consumers will take their business elsewhere. There's also the fact that if poorly implemented, AT&T's countermeasures could impact legitimate content. Investors may also not appreciate the expense.
AT&T's clearly aware that the company needs to tread carefully. "Whatever we do has to pass muster with consumers and with policy standards," says chief AT&T lobbyist James Cicconi. "There is going to be a spotlight on it," he says. "We’ve got to figure out a friendly way to do it, there’s no doubt about it." | |
| | | bailout we sure need to bail them out.. | |
| | | Pinched, My Butt! AT&T fails for sheer arrogance, not because customers "can't pay".
Their huge rate increases (to force bundling) are why folks are defecting. They want monopoly status (for landlines, sorry, Cable Newspeakers, VOIP is not a landline)without rate regulation. Good luck with that. Prepaid cellphone service is quite cost-competitive versus typical ILEC gouging, and there are no surprises.
Myself, I'll continue with POTS, even at twice the price, as it has certain unique properties. But as they continue to exact a pound of flesh for dialtone, I may end up sharing my phone line with a like-minded (frugal) neighbor in order to justify it. The party line liveth... | |
| | | ATT=AOL Goodbye...
Die already! | |
| | | at&t is fighting a multi-pronged battle 1. Cable taking POTS share in residential and very soon through small businesses.
2. VoIP springing up, not just through the residential arena but in business (WATS) minutes.
3. "In" plans means at&t mobility customers do not pay to call each other (less need for the "free" or fixed monthly nature of a phone)
4. Texting replacing a lot of minute based revenues (and unlimited texting/ IM becoming more prominent)
5. Products like Cricket, Boost Unlimited, and MetroPCS creating a local service that's mobile alternative ($35 and 45 a popular price point for unlimited in-area calling).
6. Coverage getting better with femtocells and other alternatives entering the scene.
The mass market picture is fairly bleak, esp in the non-UVerse areas. They need to hike rates to keep their competitiveness. One well orchestrated price war (e.g., Sprint gets aggressive on unlimited with a $75 offer, $99 with a mobile broadband card included, maybe even a cable link) and the picture gets even bleaker.
That's what you get for cross-subsidization (wholesale and business propping up residential). | |
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