[Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... in AT&T Southeast http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21202649 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:22:22 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:22:22 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21262689 NormanS : That is one of nine legacy domains from the SBC side of the company:

ameritech.net
flash.net
nvbell.net
pacbell.net
prodigy.net
sbcglobal.net
snet.net
swbell.net
wans.net

They are representative of the various companies that SBC bought, after they changed their name. Originally, they were one of the seven "Regional Operating Bell Companies" ("RBOCs"): "Southwestern Bell Telephone". They changed their name to just plain SBC (I am reasonably certain that CEO Ed Whitacre stated that the "SBC" had no particular acronymic meaning). Then they started buying:

RBOC Ameritech ('ameritech.net').
RBOC Pacific Telesis Group ('nvbell.net' and 'pacbell.net').
Regional LEC Southern New England Telephone Co. ('snet.net').
ISP Prodigy ('flash.net', 'prodigy.net', and 'wans.net').

My understanding of SNET is that the old AT&T had a minor stake in the company, and divested themselves of that stake before the breakup, and not under judicial pressure; so it was never considered an RBOC, or a part of the 1984 breakup under the consent decree.

SBC, and now AT&T, continue to use those domains, though they no longer issue new accounts using them.

When SBC bought AT&T, they added the AT&T domains, to the list, as well:

att.net
worldnet.att.net

Ed Whitacre remained in charge of the company, changed its name from "SBC" to "AT&T", then went on to buy RBOC Bellsouth.
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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
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Interesting they are still using prodigy.net for production stuff.

Message-Id: 200810071053.m97AfGdC101830@fipprd03.prodigy.net
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:02:11 -0700
From: "AT&T Internet Services"
Subject: Coming Soon! A New Home for Your AT&T Internet Service
To: "AT&T Internet Service Member" ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21262013 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:37:04 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21253639 NormanS : When I enter www.att.net, I am redirected to:

»att.my.yahoo.com/

That page will only work for migrated SBC users, and new 'at&t Yahoo! HSI' users.

I believe you should be using:

»webmail.att.net/

That redirects to:

»https://webauth.att.net/auth/webmail/log···24332362

When I try to log in with my 'pacbell.net' ID at the second page, it fails. There are a few old SBC customers, with email in the nine legacy domains, who did not migrate, and can't use the Yahoo! pages. Those customers can use the second one, same as AT&T Worldnet, and legacy Bellsouth customers.
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My 'pacbell.net' login works here.
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My 'pacbell.net' login doesn't work here.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21253639 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:49:11 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21253561 CoffeeYummm :
said by joako See Profile :

www.att.net > Mail enter @att.net address and password but it always rejects it.
Until you migrate over to that Yahoo homepage, you need to sign into your mail at the my.att.net homepage. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21253561 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:55:20 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21220510 joako :
said by jandar See Profile :

They need to send mail notices out and not rely on email.

I only use the email address with BS to authenticate for DSL, don't care for their email use.
Same here and I just discovered my ATT mail does not work... unless I need to activate it?
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09:F9:11:02:9D:74:E3:5B:D8:41:56:C5:63:56:88:C0]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21220510 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:39:05 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21220497 jandar : They need to send mail notices out and not rely on email.

I only use the email address with BS to authenticate for DSL, don't care for their email use.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21220497 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:36:06 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21220455 joako :
I tried to login to my ATT account but I can't.

www.att.net > Mail enter @att.net address and password but it always rejects it.

I had never tried to check the email. I am using the same username/password that is setup for PPPoE on the router.
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09:F9:11:02:9D:74:E3:5B:D8:41:56:C5:63:56:88:C0]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21220455 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:27:00 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21214651 heels_fan : it was sitting in my inbox this morning]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21214651 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:47:52 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21213909 rid0617 : Mine neither. Hey AT&T, how about giving us BS users the rates you give the AT&T users. Now that we could really use. Not a different home page lay out.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21213909 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:19:35 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21213588 impala : not yet at my bellsouth.net address]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21213588 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:36:42 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21210106 Carl :
said by ropeguru See Profile :

Next, for former BS customers, we are going to be matching your speeds to the rest of our territories, whch are lower of course, but keeping the same price.
I for one would LOVE a 3008x512 sync rate--my line could handle that!
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=)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21210106 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:00:24 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21210018 ropeguru : Next, for former BS customers, we are going to be matching your speeds to the rest of our territories, whch are lower of course, but keeping the same price.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21210018 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:42:15 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21209817 koma3504 :
said by Frohike See Profile :

Its the beginning of the end for the AT&T and Yahoo partnership.
Good it is about time.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21209817 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:01:34 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21209577 anon : I got the same email on my bellsouth address]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21209577 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:07:30 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21209420 Frohike : Its the beginning of the end for the AT&T and Yahoo partnership.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21209420 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:38:03 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21208647 NormanS : On the one hand, it already does. On the other hand, I don't think they will be able to access email through »mail.yahoo.com/. More likely, the portal page will retain the URL, as in the one screen shot, and the "Mail" link will go to »webmail.att.net/.

I expect that only the "Powered by Yahoo!" will be the same.

But I could still be wrong. Is this going to be the end for the old SBC holdouts who never migrated?
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Current 'att.net' portal page.
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Current 'att.my.yahoo.com' portal page.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21208647 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:15:15 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21206157 ndt :
Every time I get used to something,it has to change....... :uhh:One of the reasons I Retired.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21206157 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:45:53 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21205839 wayjac : Look at the email again I see "AT&T home page powered by Yahoo!"

For me that says it will resemble the page you linked]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21205839 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:48:36 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21205407 NormanS : Nothing in that email mentions a portal page resembling the 'at&t Yahoo! HSI' portal page. I see that portal page at:

»att.my.yahoo.com/

Nothing about 'att.net' in that link.
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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21205407 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:31:00 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21204918 wayjac : I have to agree....after having a second look its not an invitation]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21204918 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:10:54 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21204768 ropeguru :
said by wayjac See Profile :

Looks like that's your invitation too migrate to the yahoo portal/services.
With the way it is written, I somehow doubt it is an invitation. An invitation can be refused.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21204768 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:46:55 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21204738 wayjac : Looks like that's your invitation too migrate to the yahoo portal/services.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21204738 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:42:00 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21203155 ndt :
Received mine via ATT.NET e-mail also.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21203155 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:26:02 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21202878 Carl : My friend on a BellSouth.net e-mail has indeed received the same message.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21202878 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:26:50 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21202773 Carl : Yep. I'm on a Pearl 8120 on AT&T right now, but I'm getting ready to switch to Verizon service. I didn't like how the keys on the Curve were, and I've had a Pearl since I had the 8100 so maybe I'm just used to SureType. But yep... Another thread!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21202773 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:59:42 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21202682 ropeguru : Gotta love the ole BB. Picked up a pearl in June and decided I needed a full keyboard. Didn't think I was going to use it that much, but you know how addictive it can be. So I bought a 8830 World Phone off eBay. Absolutely love it..

Just gotta find some good apps... But that is for a different thread.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21202682 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:33:31 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21202671 Carl : Thanks for the reply.
I'm on the road now (posting via BlackBerry) but when I'm at a computer I'll check my friend's BellSouth account...
In fact, I would have never even gotten the e-mail if it hadn't gone to my BlackBerry first...LOL!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21202671 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:29:44 EDT Re: [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21202666 ropeguru : Yep... You prompted me to check my ATT email address and I had the same email. Checking my BS email address showed that I did not receive the email. So I am wondering if it is only those with the ATT.NET address. Or, they just have not gotten it out to the BS users yet.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21202666 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:28:07 EDT [Services] Received this in my AT&T e-mail this morning... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21202649 Carl :
said by AT&T Internet Services :

Coming Soon! A New Home for Your
AT&T Internet Service
Dear AT&T Internet Service Member:

Get ready for a great new Internet experience! A fresh new AT&T home page, powered by Yahoo!, will be available to you soon to make your online experience better than ever!

Make Yourself at Home

With the new home page at att.net, not only will you have a brand new look for your Internet service, you'll also be getting more exciting options with a world of content choices right at your fingertips and enhanced features in addition to the ones you have now!

AT&T

* A Fully Customizable Home Page: Make your Internet experience all your own with many new personalization options. You'll be able to add, remove, and move content quickly and simply with drag and drop capability. And new home page themes are available for a personalized look. You'll even be able to create and customize new pages!

* Exciting Content Choices: You'll be able to select from a wide range of sources for News, Sports, Finance, Entertainment and more—including popular choices such as Yahoo Finance.

* New Webmail with Expanded Storage: You'll get the newest version of AT&T Webmail with UNLIMITED storage for each of your primary and sub-account IDs!

* AT&T Software Center: With direct access from the home page and easy-to-use icons, the AT&T Software Center will provide you with quick downloads of the most recent versions of Instant Messenger, security software, and more.

What's not Changing!

Rest assured, your email ID(s) won't change, and you'll continue to enjoy the same great service you've come to expect—only with an enhanced on-line experience! Your email messages, important webmail settings and address book contacts will move with you to the new home page and there will be no changes to your Internet access or pricing due to these updates.

Next Steps

No Action is required at this time. More information & instructions will be provided when the new home page is available to you. But if you'd like to see a preview of the new home page or get more information, please review the FAQs available at »support.att.net/newhome/.

Thank you for choosing AT&T—Your world. Delivered. We look forward to serving your Internet needs for many years to come and hope you'll enjoy all the improvements!

Sincerely,

Your AT&T Internet Service Customer Care Team

Anyone else get this? I wonder if it will also affect the old BellSouth.net domain users...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21202649 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:21:28 EDT