Verizon and AT&T are waiving overage fees, but there’s a catch
AT&T and Verizon will waive late fees and overage charges for the next 60 days. The move comes in response to the coronavirus’s ongoing impact …
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AT&T suspends pointless data caps in response to coronavirus
AT&T announced that it will be suspending data caps and overage fees as COVID-19 spreads. It has been proven time and again that ISP data …
AT&T can’t stop bleeding pay TV subscribers, so now it’s trying to lock them into 2-year contracts
It’s easier than ever to watch live TV on any device you own. There are multiple services that charge a flat monthly rate for access …
AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile will pay a massive fine for violating your privacy
The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to recommend that a fine of at least $200 million be levied against four major US wireless carriers — …
All four major US wireless carriers are suffering outages right now
If you happen to notice problems with your cell phone and connectivity today, you’re not alone. Reports have been streaming in of major outages at …
AT&T’s latest TV subscriber losses are roughly equal to the population of Dallas
To really put into perspective the size of the TV subscriber losses that AT&T suffered during the final three months of 2019, it’s helpful to …
Of course AT&T is outsourcing thousands of jobs after getting a massive tax cut last year
It’s bad enough that AT&T cut thousands of jobs (after promising to create thousands of new ones) despite saving a reported $3 billion thanks to …
AT&T is finally cracking down on robocalls to select Android phones
AT&T on Wednesday unveiled a new tool in the eternal struggle against spammers and robocallers — a call display that, if you ask anyone frustrated …
AT&T figured out a sneaky way to hide its slower home internet speeds from test results
We’ve written often here about the different tests that attempt to measure your home broadband speed, which includes crowd-sourced apps from companies like Ookla. And …
AT&T is losing tons of customers, so of course it’s raising its prices again
Heads up, AT&T customers. We’re just a few weeks away from the start of a new year, which will bring changes to many of your …
Somehow, AT&T customer service found a way to be even worse than Comcast
Colorado’s Attorney General Phil Weiser has told both DirecTV and Comcast in letters sent to the companies that his office is investigating a practice that …
AT&T will pay a $60 million fine for throttling its ‘unlimited data’ plans
From now on, AT&T is going to be prohibited from making any official representations about its mobile data speeds and amounts “without disclosing any material …
AT&T is rolling out a new wireless plan that includes HBO for life
AT&T is taking full advantage of the fact that it’s the new corporate parent of HBO and is preparing to add a new streaming service …
HBO Max isn’t Netflix or Disney+: It costs more, comes with a new ‘Game of Thrones’ show, and might launch too late
The streaming wars are about to be reignited by the imminent arrivals of Apple TV+ and Disney+, with the latter being the best alternative to …
AT&T is bleeding TV subscribers like crazy, losing over 1.3 million last quarter
You should know by now that cord-cutting is a huge headache for cable companies. But with AT&T’s diversified lineup of television services across U-verse TV, …
How AT&T plans to position HBO Max to take on Netflix
It’s a little bit crazy how quickly the streaming landscape has exploded in just a few months’ time. Not too long ago, the field of …
AT&T’s online TV price increase screws over the customers the company needs the most
AT&T is bleeding TV customers, with no end in sight to the losses as subscriber numbers continue to plummet. AT&T said in September it expected …
This sneaky AT&T fee will make you absolutely furious
We’ve been pretty hard on the cable and telecom industries for all the sneaky fees they like to tack onto bills in a variety of …
Lawsuit accuses AT&T of shady attempt to pump up DirecTV Now numbers
AT&T has been accused in a lawsuit of some pretty shady tactics meant to help the company boost the subscriber numbers for its streaming TV …
AT&T and FTC settle data-throttling dispute
AT&T and the Federal Trade Commission have finally reached a settlement as part of a dispute that’s been ongoing since 2014 over an accusation that …
Tests show carriers throttle video playback all the time, regardless of network congestion
Carriers have a nasty habit of throttling video playback on mobile devices to avoid network congestion. You might hate it, but it has to happen, …
T-Mobile and AT&T are actually working together to stop robocalls
The scourge of robocalls and spoofed numbers is bad as now as it’s ever been, but in recent weeks, the government and the private sector …
Ookla: AT&T once again has the fastest wireless network in the US
AT&T is back on top as the fastest wireless network in America, according to new results released Tuesday from Ookla, the maker of the popular …
AT&T will finally help users effectively block harassing robocalls
Over the past few years, annoying robocalls have seemingly become inescapable and, for some, an everyday nuisance. Last year alone, there were upwards of 48 …
AT&T has this year’s fastest US mobile network (thanks to those misleading ‘5GE’ upgrades)
Thanks in part to its confusingly (some would say misleadingly) labeled LTE upgrades, AT&T has just been crowned by PCMag as having the fastest mobile …
AT&T is the first major US wireless carrier to let you pay via cryptocurrency
If you’re an AT&T mobile customer, and you have some extra bitcoin lying around that you’re not doing anything with, you can now use it …
AT&T says it was perfectly legal to sell user location data, but stopped anyway
AT&T came under fire in the last year or so — as did rival carriers Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile — when press reports surfaced about …
AT&T CEO confirms that 5G subscription plans won’t come cheap
In a mobile world where carriers are seemingly obsessed with squeezing every spare cent they can from subscribers, it was a pleasant surprise to see …
AT&T will unveil its new streaming service (and maybe ruin HBO Now) this fall
Apple and Disney have already hosted splashy media events showcasing the new streaming services they each plan to launch later this year to host original …
Galaxy Fold hands-on video hints that AT&T will sell Samsung’s first foldable phone
Samsung’s first foldable phone, the Galaxy Fold is coming soon to various markets. Samsung confirmed as much weeks ago when it finally gave the handset …
