Like suddenly cool again hypercolor shirts, AT&T has brought back another retro trend back from the dead – metered bandwidth with charges for overages. The ISP yesterday imposed a 150 GB a month cap on all DSL customers. If you go over it more than three times in your account lifetime, you will get a $10 charge for every 50 GB in excess. U-verse customers will have a 250 GB cap. Ah, nostalgia, it feels just like Compuserve all over again! So how do you go on a bandwidth diet? [More]
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Food Network, HGTV Back On AT&T U-Verse
By 11.8.10
Food voyeurs can rest easy, the the Scripps channels are back on U-Verse after a short blackout. [More]
AT&T U-Verse Axes Food Network, HGTV, Others In Latest Cable Cockfight
By 11.5.10
2.7 million AT&T U-Verse customers are now without their Alton Brown or Iron Chef after the cable company was unable to come to an agreement with Scripps Networks about fees and other issues regarding their channels like the Food Network, HGTV, DIY Network, Cooking Channel and Great American Country. [More]
AT&T Relinquishes Vicegrip On Ex-Customer's $500
By 10.20.10
Consumerist reader Teighlor and her boyfriend tried to sign up for AT&T U-verse but after 20 days of missed appointments and it never getting installed, they returned the equipment and canceled the service. AT&T then deducted $500 from their account for unreturned equipment. [More]
AT&T U-Verse Points Finger At Cablevision In Flap Over AMC Fees
By 7.14.10
Midnight tonight is the deadline for AT&T U-Verse to come to terms with Cablevision’s Rainbow Media over carriage fees for several channels, including AMC, which is about to debut its new season of its biggest show, Mad Men, next week. Now AT&T is pointing the finger squarely at its opponent in this showdown. [More]
AT&T Took Me Offline For Nearly A Week When I Upgraded Internet Service
By 12.25.09
Since you’re reading this on Christmas Day, there’s a reasonable chance you’d agree that losing internet access for a week is tantamount to going without food or showering. [More]
AT&T Raising U-Verse Rates Februray 1st
By 1.2.09
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Tipster David sends us that U-Verse customers are going to see a $5 spike in costs at the start of February. AT&T has yet to explain why, so I’m assuming it is Sith-related.
Fourth AT&T Cable Box Explodes, Darn You, Lithium-Ion Batteries!
By 1.17.08
Another of AT&T’s big metal cable boxes placed on people’s lawns has exploded. The system’s lithium-metal-polymer batteries are the culprit, prompting AT&T to replace 17,000 of them. Four of the U-Verse cabinets have exploded since the program began.
