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join:2003-07-28
Lubbock, TX
1 edit | No... Simply put - NO! They might as well be like Furbys - adorable, fluffy, and white, but ever so annoying.
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a2nxtcrav3r
Pokes People With Stick
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join:2003-07-13
San Jose, CA | Re: No... i dont know if its furbies or furby's...well ATT is ehhh they do what they can | |
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join:2003-10-12
Yaphank, NY |  Re: No...
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cyrus369
join:2002-09-16
usa
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| Re: No... said by frogli  :
WHAT A MISTAKE. People are sick and tired of the same old telco that is why Vonage Packet 8 etc are eating the Telco lunch. If you selling the same service as Vonage you better beat them on price or your out of the game.
they are not eating up the telcos, hell i dont even know 1 person with voip, and when people do start going to voip it will probably be from a telco name they know and trust. voip is still too new for most people to consider switching and some people will not want to switch at all.
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join:2001-08-25
Claremont, CA
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WHAT A MISTAKE. People are sick and tired of the same old telco that is why Vonage Packet 8 etc are eating the Telco lunch. If you selling the same service as Vonage you better beat them on price or your out of the game.
Right on. I will never use an AT&T service after they provided crappy, expensive basic cable to me for over a decade. I finally got Directv a few years back and have never been happier. | |
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| hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
 ·Time Warner Cable
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| ATT is still offering their Residential telephone services. They called me yesturday to sign up. Which they said before they were pulling out of 7 states roughly 2 months ago and still havent done it.
Don't believe anything with ATT until it happens. And for VoIP they better start expanding their network faster because they are already behind and drop their prices unless they're gonna keep bundling it with Insight Cable in Ohio. | |
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| Shuddertrix
join:2004-07-08
Botkins, OH
clubs: | Furbies is the correct way, but the company that made them insists it's Furbys, i think...
But you are right, and i like how ZDNet put it. Thats the last time you'll hear me say something nice about zdnet.. | |
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ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | Re: No... Naaa...AT&T will always be there. the government will not let them close. The name will always be there and around. | |
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Voyager2K2
join:2001-10-04
Wayne, PA | You Betcha As long as "T" can keep raping the Aussies for bandwidth there will be AT&T.
Ask any Australian. They pay for their bandwidth usage. | |
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David
No,there is another.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
clubs: | Re: You Betcha "T"
I believe is thier ticker (stock) symbol.
I could be wrong though... | |
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Voyager2K2
join:2001-10-04
Wayne, PA | Re: You Betcha ATT&T and a private firm ownz all the bandwidth coming off the continent and charge out the wazoo for it.
Aussies don't like to talk about it much.
Both these firms rape Australia, not their ISPs. | |
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Phishing Scam Terminator
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join:2004-06-09
Wilkes Barre, PA
| Will AT&T Survive? I would not recommend AT&T dialup or broadband internet access to anyone because they force users to use outdated networks which are prone to latency, high packet loss and complete loss of internet conductivity for no reason. AT&T Tier two department are very aware of the problems but won't do anything regarding the issues that plague their networks.
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| nathill
join:2004-05-03
Bloomington, IN
| Re: Will AT&T Survive? It all makes sense to me now.
"networks which are prone to latency, high packet loss and complete loss of internet conductivity for no reason"
I have had a LOT of problems with AT&T dial up for a long time, and they always blame the phone company for their problems. Your comment makes a lot more sense.
VOIP? If my dial up is any indicator of how they do things, no thanks. My cable company was nice enough to run cable to my house, and I've never been happier. (InsightBB). | |
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antiphishing
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join:2004-06-09
Wilkes Barre, PA
| Re: Will AT&T Survive? ______________________________________________________
they always blame the phone company for their problems
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This is what they did to me,put the full blame on Verizon. I had Verizon come to my apartment three times, with them checking everything and then after all that they gave me a new wire pair to the central office. Still the problems continued after six months of dealing with excuses from AT&T. Then Verizon told me that it wasn't their fault that the problem where happening which forced me to terminate my business with AT&T.
What most people don't know is that AT&T owns the old PRSERV network which was once owned by IBM. AT&T passes this old networks off as V90 modem banks to make money but doesn't upgrade them for what ever reason. AT&T will lie and tell you that they don't own these networks and will then offer up excuses that some other third party company controls them.
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Tychicus
Children are our most precious resource
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join:2002-01-18
Helena, MT
clubs: | Well put ATT was the most crappy service I ever had terrible high latency and uncaring useless tech support may they go the way of the gooney bird. | |
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antiphishing
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1 edit | Re: Will AT&T Survive? _____________________________
uncaring useless tech support
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I thought AT&T's Tier two technical support was decent but they couldn't do anything because of all corporate politics that go on at that company
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN
| No They of course will not survive. As of now they aren't even the cheapest VoIP provider, and price matters. Since they are sliding downhill, most likely its not within their power to lower prices to match smaller companies without firing most of their work force. Plan and simple if ATT wants to survive they need to become small operation, but that of course officially means they are over as a big player in anything, and probably will never return again since their name is synonymous with bad service and support. | |
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DanHo
Hugh Johnson
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join:2002-05-20
Seattle, WA
clubs: | Re: No AT&T spun AT&T Wireless off as a seperate company in July 2001. AT&T has not run the ATTWS since then.
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RavonTUS
join:2003-10-15
Indianapolis, IN
| Re: No Greetings,
If the service is anything like their wireless cell phone, it won't last long. I have yet to get a correct monthly bill. I'm always getting over charged and then they say they have to switch my plan in order to get it fix. bah. I'll never sign a two year cell phone agreement again and I'll never use AT&T.
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J D McDorce
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join:2001-12-29
Westland, MI | Re: How was ATTBi a miststep... History will likely view AT&T's purchase of TCI and MediaOne as a misstep. | |
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Count Hogula3
John Forged Kerry
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join:2004-07-10
Corona, CA | Re: How was ATTBi a miststep... They were highly profitable afterward. | |
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tim_k
Buttons, Bows, Beamer, Shadow, Kasey
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join:2002-02-02
Stewartstown, PA | Seems AT&T doesn't know what they want to do. | |
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scooby
Premium
join:2001-05-01
Schaumburg, IL | I don't think they know what they want to do, but their CallVantage service is rock solid. $27 a month average for the first year so its not the cheapest but its also not the most expensive. | |
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maestro7
join:2004-08-31
Loganville, GA
| ...whether or not DISH Network or DirecTV require a landline for certain services? Presumably, if you have VoIP, you only really need a DSL provider and not actual local-loop dial tone.
I wonder what satellite services this would mess up? This question is the only thing that keeps me from switching.
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| BigMac777
join:2001-07-21
Green Valley, AZ
 ·Qwest.net
| Re: Did anyone ever think of...? I for one have VOIP. I have it with Packet8. Will I ever go back to a telco like sbc, att etc. NO. I have been quite happy with my VOIP from Packet 8. I have had no problems with the service. $ 20 for local and all long distance even Canada for a month that $ 20 does include the long distance. There are no per minute charges anymore. This is unlimited long distance. Why would I ever go back to the telco's high prices when I get this service at this price. I wouldn't and never will. As the thread started out as asking about the ATT voip. I think they are going to have to really drop there price to be competitive. Right now ATT has dropped there price to I believe $ 34.95 per month. | |
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