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AT&T WorldNet: Blocking Spam Before It Hits Email Servers
White Papers In 1998, AT&T WorldNet used focus groups to gauge how their customers felt about spam. It was no surprise that people - especially families with children - had become quite sensitive to unsolicited messages.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
AT&T Puts UK On WorldNet Map
News A spokesman said that UK WorldNet packages will be based on the US model where the telecommunications behemoth already claims to be the country's second largest ISP with 400,000 dial-up users. Available in the US since February, Japan, Hong Kong...
[September 26, 1996, 10:12]
Net Focuses On Free Film Development
News On Wednesday, US direct photo developer Seattle FilmWorks, announced it had signed a deal with AT&T to allow the telecommunications company's WorldNet customers to have their pictures posted to a password-protected Web site for free.
[January 13, 2000, 9:36]
AOL: We'll Block Tribal Voice, Too
News Tribal Voice plans to offer the new service in the fourth quarter, and will include it in the co-branded messaging software it currently provides for AT&T's WorldNet and is developing for UK-based Freeserve.
[September 8, 1999, 8:50]
Spam: Still Out Of Control
News About 20 percent of incoming messages to AT&T WorldNet are junk email, nearly double the number from the previous year, spokeswoman Janet Wyles said. Brightmail, which provides filters to several major ISPs including AT&T WorldNet, has doubled its...
[March 21, 2002, 14:07]
At Home Buys Excite In $6.7bn Deal
News Now AT&T can combine its WorldNet dial-up access, broadband access and content into one package. You can count on AT&T WorldNet service, which already has a business relationship with Excite, to champion this new, 'allband' portal, while combining...
[January 19, 1999, 14:55]
Brightmail, Inc. Anti-Spam Service: Comparative Performance Test
White Papers eTesting Labs tested the Brightmail Anti-Spam Solution at two of their client's sites, AT&T WorldNet and Earthlink, who offer this blocking solution to their subscribers. This paper provides the result of these tests.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
AT&T To Wire Sega's Dreamcast
News The console -- due to be released in the U.S.on Sept.will come with a 56Kbps modem and use AT&T's Worldnet service. As part of the agreement, AT&T and Sega will co-market what will be known as the Sega Dreamcast Network, said the source.
[August 4, 1999, 8:10]
Tribal Voice In New Challenge To AOL
News Alta Vista joins AT&T's WorldNet and FreeServe in using the Tribal Voice client. Joining the fray in an escalating competition, Alta Vista has signed a deal to use Tribal Voice's instant messaging software.
[October 8, 1999, 9:10]
Freeserve Signs Tribal Voice For Instant Messaging
News The Freeserve Communicator service will use Tribal Voice's PowWow technology, which is also used by AT&T's WorldNet. Freeserve said Tuesday it would work with Tribal Voice to offer its own branded instant messaging application to its 1.32 million...
[September 7, 1999, 13:20]
AT&T Acquires Planet Internet
News The Planet service will be combined with AT&T's own WorldNet service which received massive support in the US when it offered free Internet connectivity to AT&T telephony subscribers. AT&T is one step closer to offering an Internet service in the UK.
[November 25, 1996, 16:16]
Novell Case Study: Beveridge & Diamond
White Papers After careful study, the firm chose AT&T's WorldNet ICS. Beveridge & Diamond needs access to secure information at their three offices at all times, Internet connections from any local or remote point on the network, quick, confidential...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Novell Case Study: Advanced Accessory Systems
White Papers The company connects their three locations directly through Frame Relay to WorldNet ICS. Advanced Accessory Systems' needs a secure data link for their headquarters and regional offices to share company data, including CAD/CAM engineering design...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
US Report: EarthLink Deal Underlines New Direction For US ISPs
News Earlier this year, for example, AT&T's WorldNet ISP and MCI each forged branding and distribution deals with several consumer Internet hubs, such as Yahoo, Excite and Lycos, in order to increase their exposure and sign up more users.
[November 25, 1998, 5:33]
In ISP Battle Against AOL, Consumers Win
News EarthLink and MindSpring officials made it clear that they intend to take on AOL, but they will be facing some serious competition from Microsoft's MSN service and AT&T's WorldNet. The big merger this week between US ISPs EarthLink Network and...
[September 24, 1999, 10:12]
Ask Jeeves Buys Direct Hit
News Direct Hit's technology is used by AT&T WorldNet, About.com, Go2Net, InfoSpace.com and ZDNet. Search company Ask Jeeves will acquire Direct Hit Technologies in a deal worth around $507m (£314m). The deal calls for Ask Jeeves to exchange 5.12...
[January 25, 2000, 14:22]
AOL Blocks AT&T's IM Client
News The Internet should allow open, easy and instant online communication among everyone," Ed Chatlos, AT&T WorldNet Service vice president, said Wednesay in a release. America Online is fighting off the latest attempt from another company to connect...
[December 9, 1999, 16:12]
AT&T Restructure Cuts Jobs
News AT&T will now market its WorldNet service to Covad's nationwide network, which covers more than 40m homes and businesses in the United States. AT&T will record a restructuring charge of around $240m (£149m) in the fourth quarter as it eliminates...
[January 6, 2003, 15:48]
NovaWiz Messaging Piggybacks ICQ
News Tribal Voice's software, which is used by AT&T's WorldNet and by AltaVista, another CMGI firm, has managed to stay connected. NovaWiz has developed a new version of its Odigo messaging service that attempts to piggyback on America Online's 50...
[January 25, 2000, 10:04]
Rumours Of ISP Industry Tryst For EarthLink And MSN
News The struggle in recent years between second-tier ISPs, such as EarthLink, MSN, Juno Online Services, AT&T WorldNet and NetZero, a free provider, has done little to establish a clear-cut challenger to AOL's supremacy.
[February 13, 2001, 10:30]
