(Greengart noted one advantage to AT&T TV over the cable operators with which it competes: “Online services are generally dead simple to cancel, unlike cable and satellite, which may require calling, waiting on hold, and talking to someone trained to get you to stay.”)ĪT&T TV also offers pricier Ultimate and Premier bundles, at $94.99/month and $139.99/month without a contract the latter includes AT&T’s HBO Max. The two-year contracts come with a sliding scale of early-termination fees, from $360 after a 14-day free-cancellation period to $15 in the 24th month. Zip code now reaches $2,271, meaning our hypothetical Washingtonian would save less than the cost of a Ben’s Chili Bowl half smoke at Nationals Park over 24 months. The no-contract rate doesn’t tack on an “RSN” fee of up to $8.49 a month (AT&T’s site quoted $7.13 for a Washington, D.C., Zip code), so that $84.99/month adds up to $2,039.76 over two years, or $2,279.76 if you upgrade to 500-hour DVR.īut the two-year rate does add that RSN fee to the base rate of $64.99/month over the first year, then $117.13 for the second.
Things get woolier with the Choice bundle of 90-odd channels, including regional sports networks. Upgrading to 500 hours adds $10 a month, pushing the two-year, no-contract cost to $1919.96. A two-year contract drops the monthly bill to $59.99 for the first year but jacks it up to $93 for the second, leaving a two-year sum of $1,835.88.īut wait, there’s more: The two-year rate includes 500 hours of online digital-video recording storage, versus 20 hours of DVR without that commitment. The no-contract monthly rate $69.99 totals $1679.96 over two years.
“It always seemed like AT&T rushed to launch the service, hoping it would figure out how to make money on it later,” emailed Tammy Parker, a senior analyst with GlobalData.īoth also approved of AT&T bringing AT&T TV Now’s core features over to AT&T TV-in particular, making this service available via free apps for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, iOS and Android devices.ĪT&T publicists did not respond to an emailed request for comment sent Tuesday afternoon.īut clicking through the sign-up page for AT&T TV reveals that some of the old confusion lives on, in the form of a two-year contract option that can resemble a tax on people who are bad at math.Ĭonsider AT&T TV’s entry-level Entertainment bundle, offering 65 or so local and national channels but not regional sports networks.
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