AT&T Is Calling to Ask About TV Service. Will Anyone Answer? – New York Times: “AT&T Is Calling to Ask About TV Service. Will Anyone Answer?
Bryce Harper for The New York Times
Jesse Vallado looks like the cable guy, but he now works for AT&T.
Sign In to E-Mail This
Print
Reprints
Save
By KEN BELSON
Published: July 3, 2006
SAN ANTONIO, June 27 — Jesse Vallado looks like your average cable guy: tool belt around hips, golf shirt with company insignia and a van stuffed with gear.
Skip to next paragraph
Enlarge this Image
Bryce Harper for The New York Times
Todd and Lisanne Trcka, with their three children in suburban San Antonio, say they are hooked on AT&T’s new cable TV service. But Mr. Vallado, who has been installing television services for two decades, now works for the phone company — AT&T — not the local cable provider. “
