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ATT To Shutter U-Verse Site As Brand Gets Killed Off
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AT&T is preparing to shutter the company's U-Verse.com website as the U-Verse brand continues to be phased out. You might recall that AT&T had already eliminated the U-Verse branding from most of its products, with U-Verse broadband and U-Verse phone services now creatively just named "AT&T Internet" and "AT&T Phone." The company told DSLReports.com that the rebranding was to "make it simpler for our customers."
The website currently lets customers stream some of the channels they subscribe to via traditional TV packages, as well as providing access to an online DVR feature and a variety of on demand content. Based on AT&T's decision, it seems likely that the website wasn't a particularly popular destination for AT&T customers. AT&T has also been trying to drive most U-verse customers over to DirecTV satellite television.
The migration of users from U-Verse to DirecTV may ultimately free up bandwidth on the fixed-line AT&T network, allowing it to provide slightly faster broadband speeds to subscribers. Leaked company memos obtained by DSLReports.com had previously suggested AT&T would ultimately be killing the DirecTV brand as well, though the original timeline for such plans has come and gone -- raising questions as to whether that's still AT&T's ultimate goal.
Link: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-to-Shutter-UVerse-Website-as-Brand-Gets-Killed-Off-139218
Here's more from DSL reports:
Quote:
AT&T is preparing to shutter the company's U-Verse.com website as the U-Verse brand continues to be phased out. You might recall that AT&T had already eliminated the U-Verse branding from most of its products, with U-Verse broadband and U-Verse phone services now creatively just named "AT&T Internet" and "AT&T Phone." The company told DSLReports.com that the rebranding was to "make it simpler for our customers."
The website currently lets customers stream some of the channels they subscribe to via traditional TV packages, as well as providing access to an online DVR feature and a variety of on demand content. Based on AT&T's decision, it seems likely that the website wasn't a particularly popular destination for AT&T customers. AT&T has also been trying to drive most U-verse customers over to DirecTV satellite television.
The migration of users from U-Verse to DirecTV may ultimately free up bandwidth on the fixed-line AT&T network, allowing it to provide slightly faster broadband speeds to subscribers. Leaked company memos obtained by DSLReports.com had previously suggested AT&T would ultimately be killing the DirecTV brand as well, though the original timeline for such plans has come and gone -- raising questions as to whether that's still AT&T's ultimate goal.
Link: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-to-Shutter-UVerse-Website-as-Brand-Gets-Killed-Off-139218