AT&T's First-Quarter Profit Doubles > i want the bellsouth name back

i want the bellsouth name back

I myself am actually a bit disappointed that AT&T bought bell south. I was hoping that once they merged we might get a bit better services, like even out their packages a bit more AT&T west have higher upload speeds.

U-verse is also disappointing, aside from the price I doubt I'll ever have it in my area, if it ever gets going at a decent pace anyhow.

Somewhat thinking those Double first quarter profits aren't going towards increasing roll outs more..

reply to Drakemoore
You need to be patient. It takes time after the merger for the wheels to turn, especially now that T is such a big company (again). The old SBC services are still not integrated with the old AT&T ones and new ones are coming up. There is a lot of pressure to execute so T might surprise you services-wise, not time-wise and certainly not price-wise (you'll still be paying through the nose

reply to Drakemoore
Whoa, slow down there. We just got the trucks done and still waiting on uniforms (I heard we need at least 400,000 shirts) It will take a little longer to get the other, more complicated (dsl/cellular/etc.) stuff to get integrated.

reply to verolom
i call bullshit.

somehow they are able to roll out the biggest marketing campaign ever but they aren't able to do these other integration needs? like, i don't know, standardize pricing and speeds? bell south is stuck with expensive dsl and slow speeds whereas sbc is faster and less expensive.

b.s.

So for you, making a bunch of 30 second commercials that btw were done many months ago is the equivalent in complexity of upgrading, reconfiguring and connecting thousands of network elements and realigning all the people that make them work?

Brilliant!

It's not a rocket science, you can do it in your home garage!!!

if they can plan months ahead to make commercials, they can plan ahead for reconfiguring the network and billing system. the thing is, they don't want to do that as it will cost them money. but those voices: transition takes time, etc. please.

Confirmed: You have no clue.

reply to morbo
You might had a point if the two companies were allowed to collaborate their network systems and the like during the merger approval process. However according to FCC regulations they were not allowed to collaborate, but actually act as competitors. Just like when SBC was buying ATT, they could not collaborate either.

There is a difference between playing with a company logo, throwing darts at it, or setting it on fire, and doing so in public. Think of it this way, t-shirts with a championship winner are always printed ahead of time for both teams, so they are available immediately after one is announced, but only the t-shirts with the winning team make it to the public. AT&T could be making (having some graphics design company make) commercials about a merger with say Qwest right now even if that is extremely unlikely to happen (as far as you know).

Merging networks and improving service is a whole different proposition both in cost and complexity.

I can think of multiple reasons but likely we will agree on one, to make more money.