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AT&T:
AT&T Donates $1 Million To American Red Cross And $10 Million In Prepaid Calling Cards To Relief Efforts:
The AT&T Foundation announced today that it will donate $1 million to the American Red Cross to support relief efforts in New York City and Washington, D.C., as a result of yesterday?s tragic events. AT&T has committed up to an additional $300,000 in funds to match employee donations to the relief efforts.
The company will also donate $10 million in AT&T PrePaid long distance calling cards for use by relief workers in the two cities, and will provide free AT&T long distance service from all payphones in the affected areas of New York City for the duration of the emergency.
Since yesterday, when the disaster occurred, AT&T has charged for operator-assisted long-distance calls at direct-dialed rates without the normal surcharge.
AT&T will also offer free e-mail and Internet access through Friday on its AT&T Public Phone 2000i units at airports in New York, New Jersey, Boston, Miami, Dallas and other locations to aid delayed travelers.
In addition, AT&T Wireless ? which formally split off from AT&T in July - has already donated 2,000 cellphones with unlimited service for use by federal, state and local government agencies and relief workers, and is delivering thousands more to meet the ongoing needs of agencies and relief workers.
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