DirecTV initial growth caught AT&T engineers ‘flat-footed,’ top company tech says | Fi erceCable

DirecTV initial growth caught AT&T engineers ‘flat-footed,’ top company tech says | FierceCable

While DirecTV Now’s first-month growth burst to a self-reported 200,000 subscribers left investors for parent AT&T pleasantly surprised, the company’s top techs now admit they weren’t ready to handle the initial scale.

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