| Stephenson young CEO at 47; could be around a long time Randall Stephenson, 47, will be promoted to CEO from his current post as chief operating officer. Here is the AT&T bio on Stephenson:
»www.att.com/gen/investor-relations?pid=7824
Mr. Stephenson began his career with Southwestern Bell Telephone in 1982 in the information technology organization in Oklahoma. He then progressed through a series of leadership positions in finance, including an international assignment in Mexico City, and in 1996 was named controller for SBC Communications. Additionally, Mr. Stephenson has served as senior vice president-Performance Assurance and senior vice president-Consumer Marketing.
...serves as vice chairman of the White House's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.
Stephenson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Central Oklahoma and a Master of Accountancy degree from the University of Oklahoma. So, Stephenson is a money guy and not really a technical or marketing person. I expect a lot of emphasis on managing assets and getting max return for investors. And not as much emphasis on technical or marketing innovation.
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1 edit | wow. AT&T committed illegal spying on the american public by cooperating with the NSA. and this guy serves on the white house national security committee? disgusting. |
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| AT&T commits "illegal spying" all the time, it's called running the network. Seems like you use them either way. |
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1 edit | there's a difference. and yes, i use them for now for lack of reasonable alternatives. doesn't mean i agree with their actions.
i'm in the process of slowly weening myself and my employer off their system though. at work we use them for phones and dsl--and we were using them for long distance. the monthly long-distance bill was $50-80. $25 of that was before we made a single call. then add taxes and fees. simply unbelievable. now our long distance bills are $5-$15. it's nice to have real alternatives. |
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said by morbo:wow. AT&T committed illegal spying on the american public by cooperating with the NSA. and this guy serves on the white house national security committee? disgusting. That was David Dorman's AT&T. When that was going on, Ed Whitacre's SBC apparently wasn't part of that activity. The EFF lawsuit appears to recognize this, and that the problem with the new AT&T is that former SBC networks will be merged with the old AT&T networks.
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Oh, it is unbelievable how much they charge. What is unfortunate is that despite customers having alternatives they continue to charge that much and obviously collect revenues. |
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there's a benefit to being THE phone company even if the true monopoly isn't like it used to be. imagine all the old folks out there that don't want to change, don't realize what they are paying, etc. ... profit!
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if i recall correctly, one of the NSA spy rooms is in St. Louis, Missouri. that's SBC. |
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said by fAcEtIOUs:So, Stephenson is a money guy and not really a technical or marketing person. I expect a lot of emphasis on managing assets and getting max return for investors. And not as much emphasis on technical or marketing innovation. So what you're hinting at, is the FTTN plan isn't likely to change?
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said by fAcEtIOUs:Stephenson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Central Oklahoma and a Master of Accountancy degree from the University of Oklahoma. maybe us Oklahomans will see something innovative for once 
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