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 | | | Re: 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.. | |
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kudos:2 | Re: i want the bellsouth name back said by Drakemoore: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.. You would have had better luck with BellSouth than with AT&T.
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00000 | Re: i want the bellsouth name back 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.
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| | | | | | Re: i want the bellsouth name back 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?
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00000 | Re: i want the bellsouth name back 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. | |
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| | | | | | | | 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. | |
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00000 | Re: i want the bellsouth name back said by DslTrblShoot: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. if planning (not implementing) for the transition is "collaboration" then it follows that the commercials for the merger also couldn't have been produced as it would be seen as "collaboration" also. bellsouth PR or marketing must have given their logos to AT&T/SBC in order to make those commercials. or is a double standard (planning ahead in this situation) somehow allowable? | |
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: i want the bellsouth name back 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. | |
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00000 | Re: i want the bellsouth name back said by verolom:Merging networks and improving service is a whole different proposition both in cost and complexity. point taken. however, AT&T could immediately change the price of BellSouth area dsl offerings to be in line with what MaBell is offering. they don't because? | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: i want the bellsouth name back I can think of multiple reasons but likely we will agree on one, to make more money. | |
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| | | | 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. | |
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kudos:4 |  Pro Forma results
When seen that way, AT&T only increased revenues by 1.7% from 1st qtr 2006. And their profits increased 25% measured by EPS(Earnings per share). So the 1st qtr profit did not double from last year.
But a 25% profit increase on a 1.7% revenue increase shows that there were truly benefits to merging as AT&T claimed. That is due to reduced costs. The shareholders are getting a better return on invested assets.
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North Andover, MA | Re: Pro Forma results Well, the company actually said "first-quarter profit almost doubled..".
And it did on a nominal basis, just not a per share basis. They did make twice as many dollars. It's just attributed to almost twice as many shareholders. Those are some impressive cost savings.
A 25% 1Q EPS increase is pretty ridiculous too. | |
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North Andover, MA | My Favorite Part AT&T accelerated a share buyback plan, saying it will complete $10 billion of repurchases by the third quarter instead of the end of 2007. The company bought 81 million of its shares for $3 billion in the first quarter.
Isn't that about what Verizon is spending on FTTH? So with doubling profits they still need to buy back shares this fast to justify their valuation? Granted that's only 4% of their stock in 2 QUARTERS.. jeesh. | |
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rayePremium
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Orange, CA Reviews:
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| No innovation, just fat trimming If their profit did not double I would have been surprised, seeing that they took over a company (Bell South) that was almost as big as at&t.
With companies Google, Microsoft, Cisco showing greater profit through innovation, whether it be new products, improved services or lower executive pay, this news is about as underwhelming as you can get.
The one positive is the DSL count. Cheap sells, even though the bandwidth for most of these customers is not high speed IMHO (768Kbps/128kbps) | |
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| Re: No innovation, just fat trimming said by raye:Cheap sells, even though the bandwidth for most of these customers is not high speed IMHO (768Kbps/128kbps) AT&T doesn't offer any 768kbps/128kbps plans. You can get the "Basic" package (328kbps/128kpbs), or the "Express" package (1536kbps/384kbps).
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Not counting what Bellsouth plans are still in effect.
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Tulsa, OK | Re: No innovation, just fat trimming Express.....yeah, I guess some people would call a Yugo fast too. | |
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| Re: No innovation, just fat trimming said by inteller:Express.....yeah, I guess some people would call a Yugo fast too. Its a marketing term. Used to identify a particular package. I suppose that they could have called it, "Molasses", to satisfy folk like you. Or they could have just called it, "Bob", or "Joe".
It is fast enough for most purposes. You can't drive a Porsche any faster than a Yugo in downtown traffic.
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hiatus | UVerse numbers seem a bit fishy.... They claim they have 20,000 users and are signing up 2000 per week. Now, does that mean that as of this week they were getting 2000 subs per week , or is that 2000 per week on average ? And even then, what's the churn rate for their Uverse customers because if they are signing up 2000 customers per week, then that 20,000 customer number seems a bit low.
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San Antonio, TX | Re: UVerse numbers seem a bit fishy.... They have ramped up to 2000 per week. It was reporting that is over 1000 a month or so ago and few hundred a week at the beginning of year. The pace of installs in accelerating. | |
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1 edit | Re: UVerse numbers seem a bit fishy.... That still seems kind of fishy... If they were adding subs at 1000 per week before that and just ramped up to 2000, they should still be above 20,000 by now. Remember, UVerse has been available for several months now.
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San Antonio, TX | Re: UVerse numbers seem a bit fishy.... Yes and it started the year with 3000 users and signing up a few hundred a week. The pace of installs has grown from there with much of growth probably occuring in the last 6-8 weeks. | |
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Oklahoma City, OK | U-verse is crappy uverse still stinks and at&T still sucks | |
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| Hazen
join:2003-02-25
Sapulpa, OK | Re: U-verse is crappy You can't change a mans mind who loves cox. Not that there's anything wrong with that. | |
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| | | | Re: U-verse is crappy Yea there are those Other guys that Like to suck on the goodness of Cox...then theres the Heterosexual Man... | |
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Oklahoma City, OK | Re: U-verse is crappy you guys are the same way with at&t you like to schlob thier nob | |
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South Elgin, IL |  Thanks AT&T!
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