So aTT has HBO Max......Do people know HBO owns Cinamx and there is Cinemax Go? Is over there in the corner totally ignored....a wasted opportunity for aTT. Maybe if they blended it under the HBO Max umbrella the 15 a month would be then at the... — read more
Forget live 'T' - V
During the debate last night, U-verse lost signal 4 times. Don't watch much live TV, because this keeps happening, but this I really wanted to see. And what happens that one time it matters? The service does not work right. And this after being... — read more
Why would anybody buy DirecTV?
I understand we want to get rid of it, but why would anybody buy it? What kind of motive could somebody have to plop down a major amount for something that has consistently been losing users in hundreds of thousands each month, 600,000 being the... — read more
IHX
What is the future of In Home Experts if they get rid of techs for streaming and close company owned stores?
the future is not ours to see. New York City and Los Angeles still seem to be the stumbling blocks. There is no cinema without movie theatres.
Just like Why Moses not allowed to enter the Promised Land, Stankey will not see A sucezfil AT&T in this life. Therefore, he will see the land only from a distance; he will not enter the land I am giving to the people of warner Media " God said... — read more
Realignments
Any word on market realignments
Q3 results Misleading
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4380627-t-surprisingly-strong-quarter-is-misleading
More thoughts on Diversity
Another Webcast today on diversity, hiring and promotion. On one hand, the goal is to get to a race/gender distribution pie chart inline with the country and STEM workforce. On other hand, promises about not filling a quota and hiring the best... — read more
McFresh is the Future
From the time he took the helm from that shorty prior communications CEO Donovan, I have been hopeful about future of the telecom side. He talked the wavelengths at ease and understands the technology. He is smooth as silk with people. And he is... — read more
Stankey indicated cost effeciency efforts ramping up!
I take that to mean management layoffs - at least in part. Are there any rumors about significant reductions before the end of the year?
Today’s earnings call
During the earnings call Benefit efficiencies came up quite a few times as a cost cutting measure. What exactly are those benefit efficiencies??
DOJ was right all along, $170Billion & 4 years later
HBO Recedes Into the Shadow of O.G. AT&T A strong showing at the company’s core wireless business begs the question: Was that $170 billion media bet worth it after... — read more
Collaboration Spaces
I lost my employment with T after 31 plus years because I worked from home and was not in Collaboration Zone. Well that's what they told everyone. They spent all kinds of money on these and now everyone is working from home like I was. As a side note... — read more
It's easy to beat expectation when they're so low to begin with
AT&T on Thursday reported the coronavirus pandemic had taken a heavy toll on its media business, but quarterly results were offset by stronger than expected gains in new phone subscribers lifted by offers for its HBO Max streaming service for free... — read more
Tomorrow is your opportunity to be Rich
As The Stock nosedive, but It will pay a handsome Dividend. in traditional investments Instead of investing the funds however, the con artist pays “dividends” to initial investors using the funds of subsequent investors, fueled by hedge fund... — read more
Stephens on the earning call tomorrow
So here is an assignment - when you listen to the earnings call tomorrow count the number of times Stephens says "Frankly". That's the minimum number of times he will be lying. Just an FYI
Sub $26 share price, No Problem, Stankey is giving us DaBaby, Saweetie, and K--ler Mike to make up for it!!!
What a hypocrite, he is on record, when asked what music he liked - his reply - anything but Rap!!!
What was the exact response date on this?
https://nypost.com/2020/09/18/senator-blumenthal-demands-att-drop-push-for-cell-plans-paid-for-by-ads/
Can someone clarify what happened in Mississippi with T?
What’s the big deal?
How do we pay a yield w these results?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/at-t-stock-heads-for-worst-losing-streak-since-2010-amid-fears-of-iphone-subsidies-effects-on-earnings-11603222652
Verizon or T
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/21/jim-cramer-says-buy-verizon-for-its-solid-dividend-over-att.html
Retail
Do you see any value in keeping our retail outlets running? Covid proved that we can operate without this channel - what are your thoughts? PS Retail folks: I have nothing but respect for you, this ain't an attempt to troll - this questoin... — read more
Learn from Quibi
They burned through 2 billion like there is no tomorrow, folded in no time. There is a lesson to be learned there: https://www.thelayoff.com/quibi-holdings
He's right though
It is always funny when the boss of AT&T decries monopoly behavior of other companies, as though he forgot the whole Ma Bell era. But he's right. AT&T Chief Says Tech Giants Hold Too Much Power Over Streaming John Stankey calls for... — read more
Battle of the Banks Tomorrow T above or below $26?
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/21/jim-cramer-says-buy-verizon-for-its-solid-dividend-over-att.html
The future of AT&T
On a positive note, it’s hard to believe that this company will be around, in its current form, for more than a couple more years. That gives me hope. Once restructured, poor performing (most of them) sold off, and proper leadership put in place... — read more
SCOOP: John Stankey to bid $69 billion to acquire Quibi service
Stankey quoted as saying, "lol, why not?"
And Verizon’s Earnings were somewhat positive? T stock down how much in 2020? Wow!
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/at-t-stock-heads-for-longest-losing-streak-since-2002-after-verizon-earnings-11603300163
Don’t Panic $26 see ya tomorrow
Here at T we are on the golf score system. The lower the better apparently.
Maybe we will be as good as Netflix someday. Yikes
https://fortune.com/2020/10/09/hbo-max-warnermedia-layoffs-streaming-subscribers/
Stanket blames "Fiber expansion affecting profits"
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/soft-communications-revenues-mar-t-133501264.html
Phony “Woke” Social Justice “Leadership”
If the id–ts in the C-Suite actually cared about Social Justice, why don’t they pull back the Tier 1 jobs they sent overseas, and create technology zones in economically distressed areas in the USA? This would actually do something to help the... — read more
Stankey whinning while Using the word "innovation"during the call during.. puking now!!
Stankey added"tech giants like Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. should be scrutinized for their power to restrict the kinds of apps and services allowed on their platforms. “Where the bottlenecks are sometimes occurring are in these commercial... — read more
AT&T On Pace for Lowest Close In Over a Decade
AT&T On Pace for Lowest Close In Over a Decade – Data Talk BY DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC. — 10/20/2020 AT&T Inc. (T) is currently at $26.74, down $0.13 or 0.5% Would be lowest close since Aug. 30, 2010, when it closed at $26.63 Currently... — read more
1 day at a time - it’s like waiting to be laid off
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/at-t-stock-heads-for-worst-losing-streak-since-2010-amid-fears-of-iphone-subsidies-effects-on-earnings-11603222652
AT&T Puerto Rico & USVI sell consummated
Word is that the final approval for the sell is done and the transition to Liberty Latin America along with the offloading of 1,300 ATT employees will start Nov. 1 2020.
Will AT&T ever be a tech company like Google?
AT&T will never be a cool tech company. About the only “tech” that goes on at T is preparing meaningless, useless metrics and big data, to be passed between the 11 layers of management.
RMS TITANIC.( AKA AT&T.Inc.) heads for worst losing streak since 2010
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/at-t-stock-heads-for-worst-losing-streak-since-2010-amid-fears-of-iphone-subsidies-effects-on-earnings-11603222652
Call on 22nd makes this better or worse?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/at-t-stock-heads-for-lowest-close-since-march-11603128945