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40 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1984-02-13</span>)</span> (as Trintex)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data">Defunct (part of <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Inc.">AT&T Inc.</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/White_Plains,_New_York" title="White Plains, New York">White Plains</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a> (earlier)<br /><a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Telephone" title="Telephone">Telephone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">Television</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Prodigy Communications Corporation</b> was an <a href="/wiki/Online_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Online service">online service</a> from 1984 to 2001 that offered its subscribers access to a broad range of networked services. It was one of the major internet service providers of the 1990s. </p><p>The company claimed it was the first consumer online service, citing its <a href="/wiki/Graphical_user_interface" title="Graphical user interface">graphical user interface</a> and basic architecture as differentiation from <a href="/wiki/CompuServe" title="CompuServe">CompuServe</a>, which started in 1979 and used a <a href="/wiki/Command-line_interface" title="Command-line interface">command-line interface</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prodigy was described by the <i>New York Times</i> as "family-oriented" and one of "the Big Three information services" in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-CIS1.NYT_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIS1.NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1990, it was the second-largest online service provider with 465,000 subscribers, trailing only <a href="/wiki/CompuServe" title="CompuServe">CompuServe</a>'s 600,000.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1993 it was the largest.<sup id="cite_ref-ProdReboot9.NYT_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ProdReboot9.NYT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001, it was acquired by <a href="/wiki/SBC_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Communications">SBC Communications</a>, which in 2005 became the present iteration of <a href="/wiki/AT%26T" title="AT&T">AT&T</a>. The Mexican branch of Prodigy, however, was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Telmex" title="Telmex">Telmex</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_history">Early history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prodigy_(online_service)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The roots of Prodigy date to 1980 when broadcaster <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> and telecommunications firm <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Corporation" title="AT&T Corporation">AT&T Corporation</a> formed a joint venture named <i>Venture One</i> in <a href="/wiki/Fair_Lawn,_New_Jersey" title="Fair Lawn, New Jersey">Fair Lawn, New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company conducted a market test of 100 homes in <a href="/wiki/Ridgewood,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgewood, New Jersey">Ridgewood, New Jersey</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to gauge consumer interest in a <a href="/wiki/Videotex" title="Videotex">Videotex</a>-based TV set-top device that would allow consumers to shop at home and receive news, sports and weather. After concluding the market test, CBS and AT&T took the data and went their separate ways in pursuit of developing and profiting from this market demand. </p><p>Prodigy was founded on February 13, 1984 as Trintex, a <a href="/wiki/Joint_venture" title="Joint venture">joint venture</a> including CBS, computer manufacturer <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a> and retailer <a href="/wiki/Sears,_Roebuck_and_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Sears, Roebuck and Company">Sears, Roebuck and Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company was headed by Theodore Papes, a career IBM executive, until his retirement in 1992. CBS left the venture in 1986<sup id="cite_ref-Fund.Unv_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fund.Unv-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when CBS CEO Tom Wyman was divesting properties outside of CBS's core broadcasting business. The company's service was launched regionally in 1988 in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" title="Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco</a> under the name Prodigy.<sup id="cite_ref-Fund.Unv_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fund.Unv-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The marketing rollout plan closely followed IBM's <a href="/wiki/Systems_Network_Architecture" title="Systems Network Architecture">Systems Network Architecture</a> (SNA) network backbone. A nationwide launch developed by ad agency <a href="/wiki/J._Walter_Thompson" title="J. Walter Thompson">J. Walter Thompson</a> and sister company JWT Direct followed on September 6, 1990. </p><p>Subscribers using personal computers initially accessed the Prodigy service over copper wire telephone "<a href="/wiki/Plain_old_telephone_service" title="Plain old telephone service">POTS</a>" service or <a href="/wiki/X.25" title="X.25">X.25</a> <a href="/wiki/Dial-up_Internet_access" title="Dial-up Internet access">dialup</a>. Prodigy employed 1,200 bit/s <a href="/wiki/Modem" title="Modem">modem</a> connections for its initial rollout and offered low-cost 2,400 bit/s internal modems to subscribers at a discount to provide faster service and stabilize the diverse modem market. The host systems used were regionally distributed <a href="/wiki/IBM_Series/1" title="IBM Series/1">IBM Series/1</a> minicomputers managed by central <a href="/wiki/IBM_mainframe" title="IBM mainframe">IBM mainframes</a> located in <a href="/wiki/Yorktown_Heights,_New_York" title="Yorktown Heights, New York">Yorktown Heights, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ProdigyY2K_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ProdigyY2K-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Inc1990_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inc1990-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thanks to an aggressive media marketing campaign, bundling with various consumer-oriented computers such as IBM's <a href="/wiki/IBM_PS/1" title="IBM PS/1">PS/1</a> and <a href="/wiki/IBM_Personal_System/2" class="mw-redirect" title="IBM Personal System/2">PS/2</a> as well as various <a href="/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible" title="IBM PC compatible">clones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hayes_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Hayes Communications">Hayes</a> modems, the Prodigy service soon had more than one million subscribers. To handle the traffic, Prodigy built a national network of POP (<a href="/wiki/Point_of_presence" title="Point of presence">points of presence</a>) sites that made local access numbers available for most homes in the U.S. This significantly expanded the service because subscribers were not required to dial <a href="/wiki/Long-distance_calling" title="Long-distance calling">long distance</a> to access the service. The subscribers paid only for the <a href="/wiki/Local_call" title="Local call">local call</a> (usually free), while Prodigy paid for the connection to its national data center in Yorktown.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prodigy_(online_service)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the guidance of Henry Heilbrunn,<sup id="cite_ref-SearsIBM.NYT_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SearsIBM.NYT-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prodigy developed a fully staffed 24/7 newsroom with editors, writers and graphic artists intent on building the world's first true online medium. The initial result was that Prodigy pioneered the concept of an online <a href="/wiki/Internet_portal" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet portal">content portal</a>—a single site offering news, weather, sports, communication with other members and shopping for goods and services such as groceries, general merchandise, brokerage services and airline reservations. The service provided several lifestyle features, including popular syndicated columnists, <a href="/wiki/Zagat" title="Zagat">Zagat</a> restaurant surveys, <a href="/wiki/Consumer_Reports" title="Consumer Reports">Consumer Reports</a> articles and test reports, games for children and adults, in-depth original features called "Timely Topics", bulletin boards moderated by subject matter experts, movie reviews and email. Working with Heilbrunn in the early stages of Prodigy's design, Bob Bedard pioneered the business model for electronic commerce. Prodigy was the service that launched <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>'s online presence.<sup id="cite_ref-ProdReboot9.NYT_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ProdReboot9.NYT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prodigy quickly implemented application standard code modules loaded from diskette. These modules relied upon real-time tokenized data from Prodigy database servers to drive core Prodigy service functionality on local user PCs. This client-server design worked well; by staging application-specific and reusable common code modules on Prodigy end-user diskettes, millisecond "click-to-available-cursor" response times were achieved that were otherwise unachievable in 1986 over slow 1,200-to-2,400 bit/s modems. </p><p>The service was presented using a <a href="/wiki/Graphical_user_interface" title="Graphical user interface">graphical user interface</a>. The Data Object Architecture wrapped vector and incremental point graphics, encoded as per <a href="/wiki/NAPLPS" title="NAPLPS">NAPLPS</a>, along with interpretative programs written in the proprietary languages TBOL (Trintex Basic Object Language) and PAL (Prodigy Application Language). NAPLPS grew out of the Canadian <a href="/wiki/Telidon" title="Telidon">Telidon</a> project, becoming an international standard in 1983 after some extensions were added by <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Corporation" title="AT&T Corporation">AT&T Corporation</a>. NAPLPS enabled the display of colors and graphics supporting electronic advertising, publishing and commerce. The initial emphasis was on <a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>. After that, users could use the <a href="/wiki/Apple_Macintosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple Macintosh">Apple Macintosh</a>, but some Prodigy screens were not properly configured to the Mac standard, resulting in wasted space or partial graphics. </p><p>Prodigy's initial business model relied more on advertising and online shopping for cash flow than on monthly subscriptions. Subscribers were charged a flat monthly fee that provided unlimited access. Initially, a monthly rate was set for unlimited usage time and 30 personal messages. In addition, subscribers could purchase additional messages. Later, Prodigy divided its service into "Core" and "Plus" sections. Core section usage remained unlimited, but Plus sections were limited by usage time. Subscribers were afforded a monthly allotment of Plus time, but if that time was exceeded, the subscriber would incur additional charges based on usage time. A blue indicator in the bottom-right corner of the screen indicated the subscriber's section. </p><p>Prodigy's shopping applications initially underperformed relative to expectations. This was attributed to the company's misperception that online shoppers would pay a premium rather than expect discounts for merchandise and to the product's poor graphics that resulted from the limitations of current technology. Using the early NAPLPS graphic standard, rendering realistic images of products was impossible, presenting great difficulty for online merchants to market products. </p><p>Despite these challenges, Prodigy was primarily responsible for helping merchants such as <a href="/w/index.php?title=PC_Flowers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="PC Flowers (page does not exist)">PC Flowers</a> become some of the earliest <a href="/wiki/E-commerce" title="E-commerce">e-commerce</a> success stories. However, revenue from advertising was limited. </p><p>By 1993, Prodigy was developing a network architecture now known as a <a href="/wiki/Content_delivery_network" title="Content delivery network">content delivery network</a> in which the network caches its most frequently accessed content as close as possible to the users. The company sold private versions of it within customers' private corporate networks.<sup id="cite_ref-Infoworld_Nov_15,_1993_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Infoworld_Nov_15,_1993-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Price_increases">Price increases</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prodigy_(online_service)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Price increases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two of Prodigy's most popular services were its message boards and email. Because Prodigy's business model depended on rapidly growing advertising and online shopping revenue, email was initially developed primarily to aid shopping. However, it later found much greater usage as a means of general communication between users. The popularity of Prodigy's message boards caused users to remain connected to the service far longer than had been projected. This resulted in escalating expenses that adversely affected the service's cash flow and profitability. </p><p>To control costs and raise revenue, in January 1991, Prodigy modified its basic subscriber plans by allowing only 30 free email messages each month, while charging 25 cents for each additional email message, a policy that was later rescinded. In the summer of 1993, it began charging hourly rates for several of its most popular features, including its most popular feature, the message boards. This policy was later rescinded after tens of thousands of members left the service. </p><p>The price increases prompted an increase of "underground IDs" by which multiple users would share a single account and manipulate the email service to act as private bulletin boards. This was accomplished by sending emails to intentionally invalid addresses containing the name of the intended recipients. The service would return the emails, which were not billed, and users of the shared account would find the returned messages there. Replies were sent by entering the name of the first sender as the addressee, which would again trigger a return of the message. </p><p>Prodigy was slow to adopt features that made its rival <a href="/wiki/AOL" title="AOL">AOL</a> appealing, such as anonymous <a href="/wiki/User_(computing)" title="User (computing)">handles</a> and real-time <a href="/wiki/Online_chat" title="Online chat">chat</a>. </p><p>Eventually, the emergence of the <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> and the <a href="/wiki/World_Wide_Web" title="World Wide Web">World Wide Web</a> threatened to leave Prodigy behind. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conversion_to_a_true_ISP">Conversion to a true ISP</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prodigy_(online_service)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Conversion to a true ISP"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1994, Prodigy became the first of the early-generation dialup services to offer full access to the World Wide Web and to offer <a href="/wiki/Web_hosting_service" title="Web hosting service">Web page hosting</a> to its members. However, since Prodigy was not an actual <a href="/wiki/Internet_service_provider" title="Internet service provider">Internet service provider</a>, programs that needed an Internet connection, such as <a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Quake_(video_game)" title="Quake (video game)">Quake</a></i> multiplayer game, could not be used with the service. Prodigy developed its own web browser, but it compared poorly to other mainstream browsers in terms of features. </p><p>In 1995/1996, Prodigy hired Ed Bennett and Will Lansing. From 1995 through 1996, Prodigy unveiled several Internet-related products. It debuted its real-time chat area within the service, similar to AOL's. Access to <a href="/wiki/Usenet" title="Usenet">Usenet</a> <a href="/wiki/Usenet_newsgroup" title="Usenet newsgroup">newsgroups</a> was made available and Prodigy's first web presence, Astranet, was released shortly afterward. Astranet was to be a web-based news and information service supported partly by advertising. However, the site was considered experimental and incomplete. Another innovation was Skimmer, a market trial ISP service that became the base for Prodigy Internet. </p><p>In 1996, with <a href="/wiki/Gregory_C._Carr" title="Gregory C. Carr">Gregory C. Carr</a> as chair, the company retooled itself as a true Internet service provider, making its main offering Internet access branded as Prodigy Internet. This new service featured personalized web content, news alerts to <a href="/wiki/Pager" title="Pager">pagers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Java_(programming_language)" title="Java (programming language)">Java</a> chat. At the same time, Prodigy deemphasized its antiquated proprietary interface and editorial content, which were relabeled as Prodigy Classic.<sup id="cite_ref-Fund.Unv_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fund.Unv-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prodigy Classic was discontinued on October 1, 1999 because the aging software was not <a href="/wiki/Year_2000_problem" title="Year 2000 problem">Y2K</a> compliant. The service had 209,000 members when it was discontinued.<sup id="cite_ref-ProdigyY2K_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ProdigyY2K-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="A_public_company">A public company</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prodigy_(online_service)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: A public company"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1996, Prodigy was acquired by the former founders of Boston Technology and their new firm International Wireless, with Mexican businessman <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Slim_Hel%C3%BA" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlos Slim Helú">Carlos Slim Helú</a>, a principal owner of <a href="/wiki/Telmex" title="Telmex">Telmex</a>, as a minority investor. IBM and Sears sold their interests to the group for $200 million. It was estimated that IBM and Sears had invested more than $1 billion in the service since its founding.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prodigy continued to operate as it had previously, while Telmex provided Internet access under the Prodigy brand in Mexico and other parts of <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a>, with some services provided by Prodigy Communications in the US. </p><p>Prodigy went public in 1999, trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol PRGY.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year, Prodigy entered a strategic partnership with <a href="/wiki/SBC_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Communications">SBC Communications</a> by which Prodigy would provide Internet services and SBC would provide exclusive sales opportunities and network, particularly <a href="/wiki/Digital_subscriber_line" title="Digital subscriber line">DSL</a>, facilities. The strategic partnership also gave SBC a 43% ownership interest in Prodigy.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 6, 2001, SBC purchased 100% interest in Prodigy and brought it private. On November 14, 2001, SBC and <a href="/wiki/Yahoo!" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo!">Yahoo!</a> announced the strategic alliance to create the cobranded <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Yahoo!" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Yahoo!">SBC Yahoo!</a>. Sometime after that, SBC ceased offering new Prodigy accounts, and customers were encouraged to migrate to the SBC Yahoo! product line while maintaining their existing Prodigy email addresses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Headquarters">Headquarters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prodigy_(online_service)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Headquarters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prodigy's first headquarters was in White Plains Plaza in <a href="/wiki/White_Plains,_New_York" title="White Plains, New York">White Plains, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prodigy announced plans to renew its lease in August 1992, occupying all 340,000 square feet (32,000 m<sup>2</sup>) of space in the building.<sup id="cite_ref-Prodigytakes_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prodigytakes-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1992, the facility had 1,000 employees.<sup id="cite_ref-Prodigytakes_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prodigytakes-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, the company announced that it would move its headquarters to <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a> in order to work more closely with <a href="/wiki/SBC_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Communications">SBC Communications</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During that year, Prodigy leased 112,000 square feet (10,400 m<sup>2</sup>) of space in the River Place Pointe building in northwest Austin; the building, then under construction, was scheduled to be completed in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prodigy moved its headquarters in December 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Innovation">Innovation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prodigy_(online_service)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Innovation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Unlike many other competing services, Prodigy started with flat-rate pricing. When Prodigy moved to per-hour charging for its most popular services in June 1993, tens of thousands of users left the service. </p><p>Prodigy was also one of the first online services to offer a user-friendly GUI when competing services, such as CompuServe and <a href="/wiki/GEnie" title="GEnie">GEnie</a>, were still text-based. Prodigy used this graphical capability to deploy advertising, expecting it to result in a significant revenue stream. </p><p>Prodigy offered online banking, stock trading, advertising and online shopping before the World Wide Web became widely used, but was largely unable to capitalize on these <a href="/wiki/First-mover_advantage" title="First-mover advantage">first-mover</a> advantages. Decades later, <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a>, which now owns some of the original Prodigy patents, continues to sell licenses for basic ecommerce concepts.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prodigy was a forerunner in caching data on and near users' personal computers to minimize networking and server expenses while improving the experience for users.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Infoworld_Nov_15,_1993_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Infoworld_Nov_15,_1993-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prodigy's legacy architecture was novel at the time and anticipated much of current web-browser technology. It leveraged the power of the subscriber's PC to maintain the session state, handle the user interface and process applications formed from data and interpretative <a href="/w/index.php?title=Program_object&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Program object (page does not exist)">program objects</a> largely pulled from the network when needed. At a time when <a href="/wiki/Distributed_object" title="Distributed object">distributed objects</a> were handled by <a href="/wiki/Remote_procedure_call" title="Remote procedure call">RPC</a> equivalents, Prodigy pioneered the concept of returning interpretable, platform-independent objects<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (July 2013)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> to the caller for subsequent processing.<sup id="cite_ref-us6199100_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-us6199100-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-us5347632_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-us5347632-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This approach anticipated innovations such as <a href="/wiki/Java_applet" title="Java applet">Java applets</a> and <a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-us6199100_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-us6199100-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prodigy also helped pioneer true distributed object-oriented client-server implementations as well as incidental innovations such as the equivalent of HTML frames and prefetching technology.<sup id="cite_ref-us6199100_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-us6199100-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-us5347632_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-us5347632-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-us6275852_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-us6275852-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prodigy patented its inventions, which continue to be relevant and valuable. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Growth">Growth</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prodigy_(online_service)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Growth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 1994, Prodigy became a pioneer in selling "dial-up" connections to the <a href="/wiki/World_Wide_Web" title="World Wide Web">World Wide Web</a> and sold hosting services for Web publishers. </p><p>Prodigy regularly became the focus of discussions on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Howard_Stern_Show" title="The Howard Stern Show">The Howard Stern Show</a></i> in the mid-nineties. Numerous shows were devoted to it. In addition, Howard met face-to-face with people he had talked to in Prodigy chat groups under a pseudonym. Howard was the most prominent radio name in America, gaining excellent ratings at the time. So it could only have been a positive for the Prodigy brand. </p><p>As the company shifted from its focus on its exclusive "Prodigy Classic" content and started transitioning to "Prodigy Internet" as an ISP in the late 1990s, Prodigy found itself competing with many other lower-priced ISPs, and the price didn't support the value of the Prodigy Internet exclusive content available for members. In a letter to members, Prodigy explained that upgrades to Prodigy Classic to resolve its Y2K issues were just too expensive and that it felt investing in Prodigy Internet was the best long-term strategy, as many of the popular services offered by Prodigy Classic could be found elsewhere. This decision was consistent with what other online service providers (AOL, CompuServe, MSN) were doing at the time. Still, with these providers competing primarily on ease of ISP setup rather than exclusive content, the retention value was lost. Many members found more affordable ways to access the online content and services they were used to. </p><p>In 1999 the company, now led by a cadre of ex-MCI executives to turn the brand around, became Prodigy Internet, marketing a full range of services, applications, and content, including dial-up and DSL for consumers and small businesses, instant messaging, e-mail, and communities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acquisition">Acquisition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prodigy_(online_service)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Acquisition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2000, with subscriber growth exploding and brand attributes at an all-time high, Prodigy explored several partnership deals, including what would have been an unprecedented three-way merger with <a href="/wiki/Earthlink" class="mw-redirect" title="Earthlink">Earthlink</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mindspring" class="mw-redirect" title="Mindspring">Mindspring</a>. Ultimately, <a href="/wiki/SBC_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Communications">SBC</a> bought a 43% interest in the company, and Prodigy became the exclusive provider to SBC's 77 million high-speed Internet customers. More than a year later after the launch of Prodigy Broadband (conceived and led by Chris Spanos), SBC bought controlling interest for $465 million when Prodigy was the fourth-largest Internet service provider behind America Online, Microsoft's MSN, and EarthLink. Prodigy in 2000 was reported to have 3.1 million subscribers, of which 1.3 million were DSL customers. </p><p>Attempts by SBC to sell the Prodigy brand became public knowledge on December 9, 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late 2006, SBC purchased <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Corporation" title="AT&T Corporation">AT&T Corporation</a> and re-branded itself as <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Inc.">AT&T Inc.</a> As of early 2007, there remained within AT&T's Internet operations a small group of former Prodigy employees located in AT&T's <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a>, Texas, and <a href="/wiki/White_Plains,_New_York" title="White Plains, New York">White Plains, New York</a>, facilities. What had started 27 years earlier as an AT&T online experiment had come full circle. </p><p>Through 2009, the domain www.prodigy.net redirected to my.att.net, which appeared to be a <a href="/wiki/Yahoo!" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo!">Yahoo!</a>-based content and search portal mainly linking to other online services. </p><p>AT&T stopped serving Prodigy-created webpages in 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> severing yet another tie with the brand. </p><p>As of March 6, 2024, www.prodigy.net redirects to <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://currently.att.yahoo.com">https://currently.att.yahoo.com</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prodigy_in_Mexico">Prodigy in Mexico</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prodigy_(online_service)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Prodigy in Mexico"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Mexico, Prodigy Internet is the main ISP with an estimated 92% of market share. It is also the leader in <a href="/wiki/WiFi" class="mw-redirect" title="WiFi">WiFi</a> (hotspots) and broadband (DSL) access. The broadband service is called Prodigy Infinitum and is available in speeds of 512 kbit/s, 1024 kbit/s, 2048 kbit/s, 4096 kbit/s and 20480 kbit/s.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The installation and DSL or fiber optic modem are free and it is no longer necessary to sign a two-year service contract. Prodigy Internet in Mexico is part of <a href="/wiki/Telmex" title="Telmex">Telmex</a> (Teléfonos de México) and its sister company <a href="/wiki/Telnor" title="Telnor">Telnor</a> (Teléfonos del Noroeste). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prodigy_(online_service)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Yahoo!" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Yahoo!">AT&T Yahoo!</a> – formerly SBC Yahoo!</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stratton_Oakmont,_Inc._v._Prodigy_Services_Co." title="Stratton Oakmont, Inc. v. Prodigy Services Co.">Stratton Oakmont, Inc. v. Prodigy Services Co.</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/British_Telecommunications_plc_v._Prodigy" title="British Telecommunications plc v. Prodigy">British Telecommunications plc v. 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Accessed February 4, 2008. "Prodigy has become the second-largest and fastest-growing computer-information company since it was introduced in 1988. It has 465,000 subscribers, compared with more than 600,000 for Compuserve Information Services, a unit of H & R Block Inc."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ProdReboot9.NYT-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ProdReboot9.NYT_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ProdReboot9.NYT_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGlenn_Rifkin1993" class="citation news cs1">Glenn Rifkin (November 8, 1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/08/business/at-age-9-prodigy-on-line-reboots.html">"At Age 9, Prodigy On-Line Reboots"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=At+Age+9%2C+Prodigy+On-Line+Reboots&rft.date=1993-11-08&rft.au=Glenn+Rifkin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1993%2F11%2F08%2Fbusiness%2Fat-age-9-prodigy-on-line-reboots.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AProdigy+%28online+service%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=EDAEAAAAMBAJ">"CBS Venture One videotex market test"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/InfoWorld" title="InfoWorld">InfoWorld</a></i>. 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Retrieved on January 11, 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-12750518.html">MetLife to renovate at White Plains Plaza. (Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. plans renovation of office complex in White Plains, New York)</a>." <i><a href="/wiki/Real_Estate_Weekly" title="Real Estate Weekly">Real Estate Weekly</a></i>. March 11, 1992. Retrieved on January 11, 2010. "Prodigy has renewed its lease at White Plains Plaza, taking the entire 340000."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Nowlin, Sanford. 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060102035618/http://www.prodigy.com.mx/">Official website (Mexico)</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (archived January 2, 2006)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/prodigydemo_SoftwareLibrary"><i>Prodigy Service Preview</i> (1990)</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/171">Screen shots of the Prodigy login screen and games</a> at VintageComputing.com</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kmoser.com/squareoff/">Screen shots from <i>Square Off</i></a>, a Prodigy math game <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://squareoff.kmoser.com/"><i>Square Off</i> recreation</a> by Kim Moser</li></ul></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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AT&T Inc.</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:AT%26T_people" title="Category:AT&T people">People</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell" title="Alexander Graham Bell">Alexander Graham Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardiner_Greene_Hubbard" title="Gardiner Greene Hubbard">Gardiner Greene Hubbard</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/AT%26T#Corporate_governance" title="AT&T">Board of<br />directors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Kennard" title="William Kennard">William E. Kennard</a> (Chairman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_T._Ford" title="Scott T. Ford">Scott T. Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Hutchins" title="Glenn Hutchins">Glenn H. Hutchins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_J._Luczo" title="Stephen J. Luczo">Stephen J. Luczo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marissa_Mayer" title="Marissa Mayer">Marissa A. Mayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCallister" title="Michael McCallister">Michael B. McCallister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beth_E._Mooney" title="Beth E. Mooney">Beth E. Mooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_K._Rose" title="Matthew K. Rose">Matthew K. Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stankey" title="John Stankey">John Stankey</a> (CEO)</li> <li>Cynthia B. Taylor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luis_Ubi%C3%B1as" title="Luis Ubiñas">Luis A. Ubiñas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_DiPiazza" title="Samuel DiPiazza">Samuel A. Di Piazza, Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_W._Fisher" title="Richard W. Fisher">Richard W. Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_M._Roche" title="Joyce M. Roche">Joyce M. Roche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randall_L._Stephenson" title="Randall L. Stephenson">Randall L. Stephenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laura_Tyson" title="Laura Tyson">Laura D'Andrea Tyson</a></li> <li>Geoffrey Y. Yang</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Communications" title="AT&T Communications">Communications</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Mobility" title="AT&T Mobility">AT&T Mobility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricket_Wireless" title="Cricket Wireless">Cricket Wireless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ameritech" title="Ameritech">AT&T Teleholdings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Bell" title="Pacific Bell">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Bell" title="Illinois Bell">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Bell" title="Indiana Bell">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Bell" title="Michigan Bell">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevada_Bell" title="Nevada Bell">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Bell" title="Ohio Bell">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Bell" title="Wisconsin Bell">Wisconsin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BellSouth_Telecommunications" title="BellSouth Telecommunications">AT&T Southeast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Bell" title="Southwestern Bell">AT&T Southwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Alascom" title="AT&T Alascom">AT&T Alascom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BellSouth_Long_Distance" title="BellSouth Long Distance">BellSouth Long Distance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SBC_Long_Distance" title="SBC Long Distance">SBC Long Distance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Responder_Network_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="First Responder Network Authority">FirstNet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Business_Internet" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Business Internet">AT&T Business Internet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SBC_Telecom" title="SBC Telecom">AT&T Small Business</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Cybersecurity" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Cybersecurity">AT&T Cybersecurity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Labs" title="AT&T Labs">AT&T Labs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyatta" title="Vyatta">Vyatta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Internet" title="AT&T Internet">AT&T Internet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DirecTV" title="DirecTV">DirecTV</a> (70%)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/AT%26T#AT&T_Latin_America" title="AT&T">Latin America</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Mexico" title="AT&T Mexico">AT&T Mexico</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Unef%C3%B3n" title="Unefón">Unefón</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Buildings and<br />facilities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table 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<li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Center_(Los_Angeles)" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Center (Los Angeles)">AT&T Center (Los Angeles)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Center_(Milwaukee)" title="AT&T Center (Milwaukee)">AT&T Center (Milwaukee)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Center_(St._Louis)" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Center (St. Louis)">AT&T Center (St. Louis)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_City_Center" title="AT&T City Center">AT&T City Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Huron_Road_Building" title="AT&T Huron Road Building">AT&T Huron Road Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenox_Park,_Brookhaven,_Georgia" title="Lenox Park, Brookhaven, Georgia">AT&T Lenox Park Campus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33_Thomas_Street" title="33 Thomas Street">AT&T Long Lines Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/811_Tenth_Avenue" title="811 Tenth Avenue">AT&T Switching Center (Manhattan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Switching_Center" title="AT&T Switching Center">AT&T Switching Center (Los Angeles)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asia-America_Gateway" title="Asia-America Gateway">Asia-America Gateway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit%E2%80%93Columbia_Central_Office_Building" title="Detroit–Columbia Central Office Building">Detroit–Columbia Central Office Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europe_India_Gateway" title="Europe India Gateway">Europe India Gateway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Offices" title="Project Offices">Project Offices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Room_641A" title="Room 641A">Room 641A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TAT-14" title="TAT-14">TAT-14</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Building_(Omaha)" title="AT&T Building (Omaha)">AT&T Building (Omaha)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tower_Square_(Atlanta)" title="Tower Square (Atlanta)">AT&T Midtown Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Center_(Chicago)" title="Franklin Center (Chicago)">AT&T Corporate Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32_Avenue_of_the_Americas" title="32 Avenue of the Americas">AT&T Long Distance Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Telephone_%26_Telegraph_Co._Building_(Davenport,_Iowa)" title="American Telephone & Telegraph Co. Building (Davenport, Iowa)">AT&T Building (Davenport, Iowa)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Telephone_and_Telegraph_Company_Building_(Denmark,_South_Carolina)" title="American Telephone and Telegraph Company Building (Denmark, South Carolina)">AT&T Building (Denmark, South Carolina)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ATT_Chesterfield" title="ATT Chesterfield">ATT Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Universal_Studios_Florida_attractions#AT&T_at_the_Movies" title="List of former Universal Studios Florida attractions">AT&T at the Movies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_Labs" title="Bell Labs">Bell Labs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex" title="Bell Labs Holmdel Complex">Bell Labs Holmdel Complex</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/195_Broadway" title="195 Broadway">195 Broadway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/550_Madison_Avenue" title="550 Madison Avenue">550 Madison Avenue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/611_Place" title="611 Place">611 Place</a></li> 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