Kori Ellis
01-02-2007, 04:21 PM
You have to sign up for AT&T All Distance and AT&T High Speed internet for 2 years, but you get a year free of Dish Network. It's not a bad deal if you are thinking of switching to satellite.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2007/01/01/daily4.html?hbx=e_du
AT&T offering free DISH Network service as part of new bundling strategy
San Antonio Business Journal - 12:17 PM CST Tuesday
AT&T Inc. has cut the price of its satellite television service as a way to compete more fiercely with the cable companies.
San Antonio-based AT&T (NYSE: T), fresh off its $85 billion acquisition of BellSouth Corp., is offering 12 months of AT&T | DISH Network service at no charge when residential customers sign up for AT&T All Distance and AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet for 24 months.
All Distance is the company's unlimited local and long-distance voice plan.
The offer falls in line with the corporate strategy AT&T CEO Edward Whitacre Jr. has laid out previously to grow the company's market share through bundled services, says AT&T spokeswoman April Borlinghaus.
The AT&T | DISH Network service normally retails for $34.99 per month.
"When consumers think TV, we want them to think AT&T," says Rick Welday, chief marketing officer for AT&T Consumer Marketing. "This offer is one way to get consumers' attention that AT&T is delivering some of the best values in entertainment, as well as communications services, in the marketplace today."
AT&T is making the new service bundle available in select markets to qualified customers, including San Antonio. The company is not releasing other markets that will have the AT&T | DISH Network offer for competitive reasons, Borlinghaus says.
The offer is available to both new customers and existing customers that agree to upgrade their home service to All Distance or high-speed Internet and extend any contracts, she adds.
DISH Network satellite television service is offered through Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH). The telecommunications company has marketed co-branded AT&T | DISH Network service since March 2004.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2007/01/01/daily4.html?hbx=e_du
AT&T offering free DISH Network service as part of new bundling strategy
San Antonio Business Journal - 12:17 PM CST Tuesday
AT&T Inc. has cut the price of its satellite television service as a way to compete more fiercely with the cable companies.
San Antonio-based AT&T (NYSE: T), fresh off its $85 billion acquisition of BellSouth Corp., is offering 12 months of AT&T | DISH Network service at no charge when residential customers sign up for AT&T All Distance and AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet for 24 months.
All Distance is the company's unlimited local and long-distance voice plan.
The offer falls in line with the corporate strategy AT&T CEO Edward Whitacre Jr. has laid out previously to grow the company's market share through bundled services, says AT&T spokeswoman April Borlinghaus.
The AT&T | DISH Network service normally retails for $34.99 per month.
"When consumers think TV, we want them to think AT&T," says Rick Welday, chief marketing officer for AT&T Consumer Marketing. "This offer is one way to get consumers' attention that AT&T is delivering some of the best values in entertainment, as well as communications services, in the marketplace today."
AT&T is making the new service bundle available in select markets to qualified customers, including San Antonio. The company is not releasing other markets that will have the AT&T | DISH Network offer for competitive reasons, Borlinghaus says.
The offer is available to both new customers and existing customers that agree to upgrade their home service to All Distance or high-speed Internet and extend any contracts, she adds.
DISH Network satellite television service is offered through Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH). The telecommunications company has marketed co-branded AT&T | DISH Network service since March 2004.