The rumor on the street is that AT&T has a plan to lay off up to 25% of premtechs...
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T is not looking into doing t right, but cost effectively and quick
thanks for including the link:
https://www.att.com/cellphones/att/wireless-home-phone-and-internet.html#sku=sku7130587
Mobility has had separate devices (wireless home phone and personal hotspot) for about 5+ years, but this looks like a combined unit. While there is a lot of truth to "everything is going wireless" 10 years ago when data started getting used we were congested for YEARS. I can only imagine DTV in HD using up god knows how more data. the point is that I cannot see a future where everything is "wireless". There is only so much spectrum in urban areas. wired high speed is still the way to go for a lot of the heavy lifting. how does the company think the wireless data gets from tower to tower?
Amazing and time to kiss the prem tech job good bye. I looked at the link thinking it was fake until I realized ATT is doing everything possible to go all wireless and with very few employees required to do anything.
IR tech here. We can say what we want to happen but look at the way they are heading. all wireless and that includes Internet and voice services. The company is quietly testing a cell box that will allow a simple connection to the prem wiring at the NID. I worked a trouble in a condo housing where the 2nd floor was on the new unit. I at first thought it was from the cable company but soon learned it was one of ours.
I was able to ask the customer how they liked the service. they said the internet worked very good and the phone was also good. I asked abut internet speed and they said it was better than their old service from the company. I also asked how they ended up with this service and they said they were asked to try it when they tried to upgrade the internet speed. Given a better price.
Now here's the interesting part. The company shipped the unit to them and they installed it themselves. they were able to call for help and could have had someone come out if they had problems. The customer showed me a document with instructions and it was very detailed including photos of what to look for and what to disconnect and connect to the new box. It even had a battery for power failures.
this is the link on the document the customer had. To say I was shocked would be an understatement.
https://www.att.com/cellphones/att/wireless-home-phone-and-internet.html#sku=sku7130587
Just a Comm Tech here, you know the stupid worker that installs all of the circuits that are landlines and are promised to be obsolete because as Randy said "AT&T is a wireless company". Wireless phones without land lines are bricks. Don't believe me? Then why are ETTC "Ethernet To The Cell site orders given such priority? They connect to central offices by the way.
Randy has said a lot of things, such as asking questions with a toothy grin about what is "schepctum" (spectrum) in town hall meetings... Scary for a CEO and Chairman to be so disconnected about the fundamental tech that he was betting the farm on.
Dial tone circuits are being replaced by high speed internet circuits, and it is being replaced at a rapid pace. Those circuits are riding fiber to the node, fiber to the prem and, wait for it, ethernet over copper. The amount of new equipment being installed into the central offices to deliver high speed internet is nothing like I have seen in 5 years. All of this OTT programing is going to have to be delivered via the Internet, and it is going to have to be delivered through "pipes" dumb or not, and it will need a network that is maintained.
I just did a install with a DTV tech. I install hisa and he did the TV. He told me they are doing 7 days at least 12hrs a day. And they are bring in loaners to help them with the load. We have to read between the lines people, all newly hired Prem techs are on the cutting board. (Michigan)
Dude what are YOU talking about. Are managers including level 2 had told us that the layoff is coming. And they also said the copper network is done. In Michigan they are running fiber everywhere.
At&T is investing in the copper plant at a very aggressive pace. The services they plan to roll out is going to be on the existing copper plant. While POTS service has declined the broadband services have increased. Regardless of the product the network will need to be maintained at a very high level to insure quality streaming services and voip products.
Will be funny to see the union trying To decide who's jobs to save, the expensive POTS network operations, old and obsolete workers, or the cheap DTV installers no dish, as T moves into Video streaming services. My guess ...they did not see this one while celebrating the mergers
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For now its a rumor but when it happens it will be true. I hear 25% at first then little by little another 25 which leads to cutting the work force in half. In the next 48 months it should be down to half. Start saving money and look for other jobs. The union will not save our jobs. Be prepared.
Ready just waiting on severance package
Cool, with less directv and more video streaming services, US is killing its own the job force, the way of the future, more layoffs sweet
I heard 30%. They have to make room for the newly unionized DTV techs who can do the same job and get paid less.