AT&T: Difference between revisions - Consumer_Action

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{{InfoboxCompany

| Name = AT&T

| Type = Public

| Founded = ~~March 3,~~ 1885 ~~(original American Telephone and Telegraph Company)~~

| Founded = 1885

~~October 5, 1983 (as Southwestern Bell Corporation (SBC))~~

~~November 18, 2005 (renamed as AT&T Inc.)~~

| Industry = Telecommunications

| Official Website = att.com/

| Official Website = https://att.com/

| Logo = ~~ATT Logo~~.png

| Logo = AT&T.png

}}

[[wikipedia:AT&T|AT&T, Inc.]] is a major telecommunications holding company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. AT&T owns several smaller telecommunications companies including Cricket Wireless and DIRECTV. <ref>https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732717/000073271718000009/ex21.htm</ref>

[[wikipedia:AT&T|'''AT&T, Inc.''']] is a major telecommunications holding company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. AT&T owns several smaller telecommunications companies, including Cricket Wireless and DIRECTV. <ref>https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732717/000073271718000009/ex21.htm</ref>

In 2017, the Electronic Frontier Foundation awarded AT&T with a 1 out of 5 stars privacy rating, the same as AT&T's largest competitors, Verizon and T-Mobile.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180915003333/https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2017</ref>

== ~~Controversies~~ ==

== Consumer impact summary ==

{| ~~class="wikitable"~~

{{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable):

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* User Freedom

~~!Controversy~~

* User Privacy

~~!Year~~

* Business Model

~~!Background Info~~

* Market Control}}

~~!Aftermath~~

~~!Related Article~~

==Incidents==

~~!Related Video(s)~~

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===Selling consumer data (2024)===

|Selling consumer data

FCC found that all major telecommunications companies were illegally selling customer's location data.|FCC fined AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million, AT&T's share amounted to 0.22% of their net annual income.<ref group="Video References">https://youtube.com/watch?v=mdZt7ox1DDs</ref>

|2024

|FCC found that all major telecommunications companies were illegally selling customer's location data.

== Products ==

|FCC fined AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million, AT&T's share amounted to 0.22% of their net annual income.

{{Placeholder box|This is a list of the company's product lines '''with articles on this wiki'''.

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* [[Example product line one]] (release date): Short summary of the product's incidents.

|<ref group="Video References">https://youtube.com/watch?v=mdZt7ox1DDs</ref>

* [[Example product line two]] (release date):}}

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== See also ==

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{{Placeholder box|Link to relevant theme articles or companies with similar incidents.}}

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=== References: ===

==References:==

=== Video ~~References~~: ===

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[[Category:AT&T]]

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+{{InfoboxCompany
 | Name = AT&T
 | Type = Public
-| Founded = March 3, 1885 (original American Telephone and Telegraph Company)
+| Founded = 1885
-October 5, 1983 (as Southwestern Bell Corporation (SBC))
-November 18, 2005 (renamed as AT&T Inc.)
 | Industry = Telecommunications
-| Official Website = att.com/
+| Official Website = https://att.com/
-| Logo = ATT Logo.png
+| Logo = AT&T.png
 }}
-[[wikipedia:AT&T|AT&T, Inc.]] is a major telecommunications holding company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. AT&T owns several smaller telecommunications companies including Cricket Wireless and DIRECTV. <ref>https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732717/000073271718000009/ex21.htm</ref>
+[[wikipedia:AT&T|'''AT&T, Inc.''']] is a major telecommunications holding company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. AT&T owns several smaller telecommunications companies, including Cricket Wireless and DIRECTV. <ref>https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732717/000073271718000009/ex21.htm</ref>
 In 2017, the Electronic Frontier Foundation awarded AT&T with a 1 out of 5 stars privacy rating, the same as AT&T's largest competitors, Verizon and T-Mobile.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180915003333/https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2017</ref>
-== Controversies ==
+== Consumer impact summary ==
-{| class="wikitable"
+{{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable):
-|+
+* User Freedom
-!Controversy
+* User Privacy
-!Year
+* Business Model
-!Background Info
+* Market Control}}
-!Aftermath
-!Related Article
+==Incidents==
-!Related Video(s)
-|-
+===Selling consumer data (2024)===
-|Selling consumer data
+FCC found that all major telecommunications companies were illegally selling customer's location data.|FCC fined AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million, AT&T's share amounted to 0.22% of their net annual income.<ref group="Video References">https://youtube.com/watch?v=mdZt7ox1DDs</ref>
-|2024
-|FCC found that all major telecommunications companies were illegally selling customer's location data.
+== Products ==
-|FCC fined AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million, AT&T's share amounted to 0.22% of their net annual income.
+{{Placeholder box|This is a list of the company's product lines '''with articles on this wiki'''.
-|
+* [[Example product line one]] (release date): Short summary of the product's incidents.
-|<ref group="Video References">https://youtube.com/watch?v=mdZt7ox1DDs</ref>
+* [[Example product line two]] (release date):}}
-|-
-|
+== See also ==
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+{{Placeholder box|Link to relevant theme articles or companies with similar incidents.}}
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-=== References: ===
+==References:==
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-=== Video References: ===
+===Video references:===
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+[[Category:AT&T]]