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Showing posts with label AT and T. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 4, 2007

AT&T internet outage affects southeast

A massive internet service outage affected customers of AT&T last night for several hours. The company says digital service line subscribers in the southeastern U.S. were affected because of an equipment problem. DSL service was restored around 11pm according to AT&T. The outage affected customers in Georgia and eight other states.

Monday, June 18, 2007

NASCAR fires back at AT and T

First, AT and T sued NASCAR for the rights to advertise on a race car. Now, the racing organization has fired back with a counter claim seeking $100 million. The legal battle ultimately could clarify who determines which ads are painted on racing cars: the drivers or NASCAR.

Champion driver Jeff Burton had been racing under the logo of Cingular until AT and T took over the wireless provider. AT and T has sued NASCAR to put its logo on Burton’s car.

Now, NASCAR has filed a counter suit in U.S. District Court in Atlanta. The association accuses AT and T of interfering in its exclusive sponsorship deal with rival telecom Nextel. NASCAR wants to kick AT and T and all other telecommunication companies, except for Nextel, out of its top series in 2008.

A federal judge in Atlanta is permitting AT and T temporarily to advertise on Burton’s race car until the issue is resolved.

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