This got me to thinking, what does always on really mean? It appears at&t is failing miserably when it comes to Stankey's new moniker "always on". It seems like always on would be the minimum network reliabilty component measurement. In any case at&t is failing its customers and will pay a hefty price.
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It means I don’t have to dial my phone to get internet.
Means they expect us to work 24/7 with increasing workload and larger area of control, from all the layoffs, for the same wages and level.
"Always On . . . until it's not!"
I think my boss took “always on” to mean we have to be working 24/7/365. At least on my team that seems to be the case.
Oxygen intake.
It means the opposite of what AT&T is. Another massive fail for Stankey. It's sad and embarrassing, how does he go out in public?
The “always-on” message is another bait-and-switch. It used to be “unlimited texting to international numbers” and “free call blocking of spam numbers” among other bogus perks. The always on is a valueless offer that only a handful of people need. Even then, the vast majority of customers are on WiFi 80% of the day either at home or at work and I’m guessing a large portion are on competitors networks. You don’t buy the steak, you buy the old bald guy’s bs mantra.
The old telco standard of 5 - 9's reliability (99.999% uptime) allowed for about 5 minutes of annual downtime. Let's call that always on. Commercial cloud environments are engineered at 3 - 9's reliability (8+ hours annual downtime). Stankey is doing his usual routine of over-promising and under-delivering.
According to Stankey it's the new at&t gold standard!