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AT&T's stock price hit a 29-year low on Friday and continued to sink today as investors fled telecom stocks on reports that cleanups of lead-covered telephone cables could cost the industry tens of billions of dollars.

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Driving by one of their stores the other day and thought to myself, "Who the hell uses AT&T anymore?!"

They've had shit service since before T-Mobile existed. Literally let a noone come from nowhere just gobble up their market share.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

It's super location specific. I've been lots of places where no one except AT&T subscribers had coverage.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I'm so glad I live in a city that forces competition.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Same here. I was paying $130/month to Comcast for 1000/35 and no data cap ($30 bump from the normal $100/month) and AT&T finally rolled fiber out to our street. While I don’t like them as a company it’s not like Comcast is better and now I get synchronous gig with no data caps for $80/month.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I've been an AT&T customer for years, mostly out of necessity. They just offer the best all around service for my needs.I tried switching to T-Mo, but they have a lot of dead spots (especially along interstates) and has weaker signal strength in most buildings than AT&T. And I just refuse to use Verizon, but they're in a similar situation.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

VoiceStream Wireless PCS was established in 1994 as a subsidiary of Western Wireless Corporation. In 1999, VoiceStream ventured out under the umbrella of parent company Western Wireless. Then in 2001, Deutsche Telekom purchased VoiceStream before launching the T-Mobile brand on Sept. 4, 2002.

Hardly a no one from nowhere

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