Broadband
AT&T Switches to from Dish to DirecTV
“There were growing signs in recent months that AT&T might choose DirecTV over Dish. In July, AT&T said it would terminate its contract with Dish but would continue to evaluate the prospects of a new partnership. In June, Dish disclosed that AT&T had requested that the satellite-TV company buy back $500 million in convertible debt [...]
AT&T Bandwidth Throtteling Could Lower Prices
AT&T said roughly 1% of its users make up 20% of total traffic.
Like Comcast Corp. (CMCSK, CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC), AT&T will be exploring ways to better control Internet usage by its customers. While the cable companies are looking at capping the amount of bandwidth a person has each month, Donovan said [...]
Broadband Internet Price War
Verizon Communications Inc., which last quarter became the first company ever to see a drop in DSL subscribers — some of whom went to its faster FiOS service — is now offering customers six months of DSL service free if they sign up for the company’s phone and Internet package. That makes the bundled package [...]
