Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

They emailed a bunch of Directv Now subs putting them on a waiting list to get this new streaming box. They been talking about moving DTV to streaming for years since they bought them. Just gotta get the customers signed up on broadband. and it doesn't take much of connection. I have 24MB Uverse and stream 2 boxes everyday no problem.

If you have worked here long enough you know what “forced migration “ is, the customers will be moved to the service.

considering there are no people signing up for the service...who really cares

Now imagine T sending these to non T service areas in hopes of disrupting the incumbent isp/tv provider only to have traffic slowed by the competitor. T wants to be Netflix except for it to be successfuf out of it c-app copper plant territory it needs net neutrality rules so it’s guaranteed speeds outside its footprint. Whoops didn’t think that one through huh Randall?

They will probably be covered under the 12 million high speed rural pops we had to add as one of the DirecTV purchase conditions.

I wonder what percentage of direct TV subs are rural and have c-ap internet speeds. I am sure their big data folks looked at that already to estimate how many they would lose.

No, they will run a speed test on the customers internet from the Genie DVR. Same way they use it to monitor home network traffic to build advertising profiles. If you pass the speed test, you get the new box.

So are they going to send these new set top boxes to existing satellite DTV customers? That seems quite costly to me. Oh but that is how T operates hence all the layoffs due to poor quarterly results.

This should work especially well where there isn't broadband fast enough to support it..... Which is, surprise!, where directv work best..

So basically we bought a satellite tv company (Dtv) just to abandon service by satellite and “transform” Dtv to an ip based television service, which is the SAME EXACT service as Uverse, which we already had BEFORE purchasing Dtv. Not to mention all of the people that lost and will lose their jobs due to Randy’s incompetence and bad decisions. How in the hell does sh-- like this happen without consequences and why isn’t the press holding AT&T’s dumazz upper managements feet to the fire?

Bye bye installers.... sniff