After 9/11, it was reported that one of the few things to survive the World Trade Center attacks was AT&T's switching system. In this 1976 short film from Western Electric, we learn that AT&T's local network switching equipment was located in a deep sub-basement of the Twin Towers. It somehow survived the collapse of the buildings. (via.) Watch Video ›
Mayhaps a monopoly?
Their pipes are completely stuffed with internet.
Technology that they themselves failed to deliver on. Whoops!
They don't fare so well.
Consumer Reports is unimpressed.
I'd trade every message on this list for the one thing I know I'll never get… View Image ›
I think they're doing it on purpose. View Image ›
They're arguing that “the government would be thwarting the free-speech rights of providers such as AT&T, Verizon and Comcast.” Does this drive anyone else crazy?
Reader Matthew just confirmed our worst fears: not only was the pre-order experience at Apple and AT&T a big pile of poopfail, they’ve started cancelling “orders made in error.” Why in error? Well, presumably because things have gotten so fouled with eligibility in their systems that folks are getting knocked out of the pre-order queue.
Manage to put in a pre-order for the new iPhone on Tuesday morning? If so, you may have been one of the lucky few.
An apparent AT&T security breach has exposed the e-mail addresses of 114,000 iPad 3G subscribers, according to Gawker. A group known as Goatse Security (yes, named after the Internet shock site) sent the media blog a list of 144,067 e-mail entries of iPad 3G customers.
Emailing the AT&T CEO could get you into legal trouble.
AT&T announced some changes to the iPhone data plans, but iPad 3G owners are affected, too: AT&T is doing away with the $30/month unlimited data plan. Instead you'll pay $25/month for 2GB.
In time for the widely expected launch of a new iPhone model, carrier AT&T Inc. is pulling in the reins on data usage by its customers with smart phones and iPads.
Occasionally, two people having bad days can kind of cancel each other out. View Image ›
Analysts believe iPhone will become non-AT&T exclusive in a year.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued AT&T Inc on Thursday, accusing the nation's largest phone company of discriminating against workers over 40.
The Green Room Blog Created this handy image rounding up all of the rumored features of the next iPhone. Missing: microwave emitter that directly stimulates the pleasure centers of your brain. :( View Image ›
AT&T may have “influenced” Kris Allen's win after they providing phones (with text-messaging services and lessons) to parties organized by fans of the Arkansas-bred kewpie. Theory: the blind guy was in the lead all along! Has American been cheated out of its own Andrea Bocelli-Gene Wilder hybrid? Read More ›
