It's official. AT&T has purchased Direct TV
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PJ Stough
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Becks said:
Supply and demand at work. I am hoping this acquisition will be good for consumers, but I am guessing it will be a better deal for the stockholders.
As is typical, the merger was approved with conditions set by the FCC. Read this article from Forbes for a good summary. Here's the actual FCC order press release.
In never believe that few choices are good for the consumer.
Here in my S&B I have no choice. AT&T has an agreement with the country that keeps
other companies out for another decade from our subdivision.
That really aggravates me.
I have tried 2 of the sat companies and now have gone back to AT&T.
Strangely AT&T has been very responsive to my inquiries and problems this time.
They even call at least one a month now, asking if everything is OK.
I have also on file several repair and supervisor numbers.
Maybe they will start returning to the customer service of the 1960s.
My first job out of HS was as a Ma Bell Installer 1967.
If you called for a new install by noon, it HAD to be done by 5 PM that day!
Here in my S&B I have no choice. AT&T has an agreement with the country that keeps
other companies out for another decade from our subdivision.
That really aggravates me.
I have tried 2 of the sat companies and now have gone back to AT&T.
Strangely AT&T has been very responsive to my inquiries and problems this time.
They even call at least one a month now, asking if everything is OK.
I have also on file several repair and supervisor numbers.
Maybe they will start returning to the customer service of the 1960s.
My first job out of HS was as a Ma Bell Installer 1967.
If you called for a new install by noon, it HAD to be done by 5 PM that day!
Artstang
Active member
An AT & T associate knocked on my door yesterday to sell more stuff. That's when I found out that DirecTV was bought by AT & T. The only reason I have Directv at home is because I can take tune in anywhere I go with the RV. Now I don't know what is gonna happen with this buy out whether I can still beam through the satellite off the grid without having to put anymore MONEY :-[.
Kim (skyking4ar2) Bertram
Moderator Emeritus
Here it comes - on my login page to Directv:
Use your DIRECTV email or AT&T Access ID
Use your DIRECTV email or AT&T Access ID
Dog Folks
Well-known member
oldme said:
It will NEVER return to the level of service of the 60's because they broke up Bell. My uncle (District Manager for Bell at the time) told me it would ruin telephone service , and it did.
Larry N.
Well-known member
Dog Folks said:
Agreed. When I first hired on with AT&T (mid-60s), I was surprised to discover how much emphasis there was on service first. That started to change a little after 1/1/84 (the cracked-Bell date). By the time I retired in '98, economy (cost, make it cheap) played as big (or bigger) role as service did. Now the company I retired from doesn't even exist -- it's SW Bell having adopted the AT&T name after buying it.
On the other side, with cell phones long distance is no extra cost, but you pay for EVERY call, vs. unlimited local calling in the old days (long distance calling subsidized local service). The big difference (not counting changes for the customer, both good and bad) is that 1001 (or more) companies are now in the mix instead of only a few.
wincom6
Well-known member
Jeff said:
I totally agree, can you remember the phrase ?Local Long Distance? just another way to milk more money out of us.
I wish I did not need to pay for 100?s of TV channels that I don?t watch just to get the few I do watch.
