Note to AT&T: don't make Art Shay angry. more ›

About a year ago, after what seemed like constant contemplation, we finally disconnected our land line telephone number and never looked back. We aren't alone. As smart phones makers improve their technological platforms, more people are switching to wireless phones as their primary means of telephone communication. AT&T estimates 25 percent of households are wireless only. more ›

Ever been flummoxed by being unable to use those iPhone apps for the CTA, Chicago 2016, Wilco, or even read us in the city's subways? Worry no more. The number of carriers boosting their cell phone signal to the subway tunnels of Chicago is about to grow again, this time adding iPhone carrier AT&T. U.S. Cellular, Verizon, and Cricket are the other three carriers to offer their signal underground. The CTA board is expecting to approve the contract today, which would be $3.1 million over 10 years. [Sun-Times] more ›

Chicagoist loves the Bears and we've had to make extra efforts occasionally in order to catch them on TV when away from home. We've endured cheesy hotel sports bars that had satellite. We've watched the game on static-filled screens with Spanish announcers. And we've DVRed games and then had to make tremendous efforts to not see the score before we watched the game. But we've never had to pay to watch a game -- other than maybe some overpriced hot wings. Wayne Burdick, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky. more ›

AT&T has announced plans to cut four percent of its work force, some 12,000 jobs, and while the company is only saying the cuts will come from offices nation-wide, many who work for AT&T in Chicago are holding their breath. Most of the cuts will come from the company's landline division; the company's voice line services decreased by 11 percent last quarter while wireless services increased. Severance packages will cost the company around $600 million and the layoffs will begin this month and continue into 2009. more ›

In case you found yourself shaking your iPhone in anger this morning as you failed to find a signal, there's apparently an explanation, four of the most dreaded words in tech: the network was down. Everything was restored shortly before 11 a.m. Chicago time. It's another blow for the company who, even as a major sponsor, saw a problem with connectivity at the recent Lollapalooza in Grant Park. more ›

The Trib gave AT&T's service a six-week testdrive, and found "Comcast edges out AT&T in breadth of TV programming, but AT&T is much easier to use and has cleaner, modern on-screen graphics." more ›

We try to ignore everything Stella Foster says, but every one in a while, she has some good news. She says those gross, weird AT&T commercials featuring the Harry Caray impersonator will be pulled from the air March 30. more ›