Tag: AT&T
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T-Mobile, AT&T, Spectrum & More Are Making Autopay More Expensive. Here’s How to Avoid Overpaying
A growing number of companies are no longer accepting honoring autopay discounts when customers use credit cards. This change is due to the high fees companies accrue from processing such payments. Credit card companies charge a fee for every transaction. This fee is why some businesses won’t allow debit or credit card payments for small…
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New Fees Coming to Verizon and AT&T’s Legacy Wireless Plans in August
Customers of some of Verizon and AT&T’s older unlimited wireless plans will soon see a slightly higher bill starting in August. These plans, which are no longer available, are locked into a lower price. While the carriers aren’t technically raising those rates, the new fees effectively mean a price hike. Verizon said Go Unlimited 2.0,…
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The Death of DSL Continues as AT&T Expands Fiber & Offers 5G Home Internet
Today AT&T announced its 2nd quarter 2023 earnings and once again has lost internet subscribers. Even with strong fiber adds, AT&T still saw its total home internet subscribers drop. To help offset this issue, AT&T recently announced a new 5G home internet service called AT&T Air which now offers fiber to more than 20 million…
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AT&T Is Expecting To See A Drop In Postpaid Phone Net Ads
AT&T is expecting to see significantly lower postpaid phone net adds by the end of this year’s second quarter compared to the first quarter. The first quarterly reports showed AT&T acquired 424,000 postpaid phone net adds. AT&T’s Chief Financial Officer Pascal Desroches is estimating the second quarter will end with roughly 300,000 postpaid phone adds,…
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AT&T, Verizon, & Other Companies May Need to Spend Millions to Replace Lead-Covered Lines
AT&T and Verizon are among several telecommunication companies that may be facing a huge overhaul due to aging, lead-lined wires in upcoming years. A vast number of outdated wires coated in lead have been found around the country. Analysts warn these lead-covered wires could pose a health risk to the communities living near them by…
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Price Drop! AT&T Fiber Internet Now Starts At Just $35 For Wireless Customers
Are you an AT&T Wireless customer? You may want to give AT&T’s Fiber home internet a second look. Right now, AT&T is offering 300 Mbps down home internet for just $35 a month if you have a qualifying wireless plan. (If not, the price is $55 a month.) Not only that, but AT&T is offering…
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AT&T is Making Changes to Its AutoPay Discount – Act Now to Save Your Discount
AT&T is joining a growing number of companies that are making changes to their autopay discounts. Now if you want the full discount, you will need to pay by debit card or bank account. If you pay by credit card, your discount will soon be cut in half. In the past, no matter how you…
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AT&T Announces Internet Air, Its New 5G Home Internet
AT&T is venturing into wireless internet for the first time. The company is looking for a way to maintain its stake in rural and DSL markets without having to replace expensive and outdated copper wirelines in these areas. AT&T Internet Air offers download speeds from 40-140 Mbps, which is a lot faster compared to the…
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AT&T Internet Prices Are Going Up, But There is a New AutoPay Discount
AT&T has started to notify some customers that their DSL internet bill will be going up $10 a month starting July 16th, 2023. The good news is you can now save $5 a month off of your home internet if you autopay, but there is a catch. This comes from Cord Cutters News readers, who…
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AT&T Successfully Tests LTE Internet From Space
AST SpaceMobile completed the first-ever space-based call using an everyday smartphone last April after working hard to create the first space-based cellular broadband network. Today, the company announced further tests have been successful at providing download speeds over 10 Mbps with its BlueWalker 3 technology using 4G cellular communications, another history-making event. “This is an…