As this strike goes into the second week, the objective of this is for us to be able to be the most effective competitor in the wireless sector,

Some groups, maybe religious groups, object to some programming that’s on television and don’t want to see it, but furthermore don’t want to pay for it. I think the reality is that if you want...

We’re looking forward to nailing down the details as quickly as we can. We’ll continue to talk until people collapse and even then we could talk in our sleep if we have to.

It’s our fervent hope that we will be able to negotiate that contract and get it over as quickly as possible. We continue to believe that we’ve made progress and that the end of this...

When we started making plans to start the service, we didn’t know for sure what date the FCC would give us permission to start, so we built in a couple of extra days. We’re going...

[In addition, wage increases of between 3 percent and 4 percent have largely been agreed upon, though agreement on those issues could change in response to concessions on other concerns.] We have seen some positive...

We’re in a position that could results in a new contract, and the end of the strike and getting people back to work.

Anybody in the industry … in the country … has to be concerned about the power that it puts in AT&T’s hands,

We have been talking with the unions since late yesterday afternoon, … non-stop intense talks with all sides fully engaged. It remains impossible not predict when these talks will end in a contract and get...

Some other services may be slower as well, like repair or installation.

The status of the bargaining is that we are continuing to talk. We continue to frankly plug through some of the more difficult issues that confront us. It’s become sort of an intense, exhausting sort...

But getting our accurate position out there on this issue is something we’ve had to work hard to achieve, … A sizeable amount of inaccurate, or even blatantly biased, information makes its way to the...

Intense negotiations have continued late last evening, then ‘ resumed again at 9:30 a.m., … The current talks are intense.

That’s happening outside of our system.

We continue to negotiate, and we continue to be hopeful. However, the negotiating process is a two-way street and the unions have not been willing to approve a contract that would allow the company to...

We believe we reached a good general framework for obtaining a contract, but right now we’re down to the wire. I’m still optimistic that we’ll get it done in a few days but I’m not...

It’s not competition yet, but . . . it may turn out to be yet another way in which people are competing with us.

She is not on our payroll at this point.

I honestly believe we are in a situation where this could come together in a matter of hours if people agree that it’s time to do that, but we haven’t been able to get that...

As far as I know, that’s a suit against her, and we have nothing to do with that.

We think their behavior is outrageous for normal business commerce. Essentially they have refused to negotiate with us.

We will certainly continue to negotiate with anybody who’s here. We have no interest in walking away from talks.

We’re not engaged in any improper attempt . . . to get proprietary information.

We’re looking at a variety of ways to address the demands of the marketplace. We’re also very conscious of program contracts.

When you get to a point where you think people are ready to go home… that sometimes is helpful to have a deadline to get people focused, … I think people are serious about getting...

I think all of us who work underground try our best not to hit anybody.

[AT&T] has access to well over half of U.S. homes, about 60 million. It has unregulated, exclusive access and no one else can use their systems.

I believe both unions and certainly management bargainers are committed to resolving the issues and getting a contract, … But it remains impossible to predict when a settlement will actually be reached.

I’m sure there have been cases of that and I’m sure it will get worse tomorrow as normal business volumes build up.

We sell our service to customers who call us, … Our view is that if people don’t want to be called, they won’t be good sales prospects anyway.

Now the union has raised the issue of workplace stress, and we’re working on a solution to that too, … The work done in call centers we all agree is tough and the people that...

We have seen some positive movement on some of the issues, but this is a situation with a lot of moving parts. Those issues could change as we move to other issues.

We are asking each business unit to manage their work flow, which means managers’ jobs have been eliminated, not the union positions, and we have eliminated contract work,