AT&T is betting big and looking westward with Time Warner

This isn’t your mother’s AT&T.  While still a massive telecommunications provider after the acquisition of Time Warner, AT&T is becoming more like a company out of the West Coast as it battles rivals from Southern California to Seattle.  “Companies like AT&T have to change to compete,” said Carrie MacGillivray, an analyst with IDC. “It starts to become a more wholistic offering.” After some 600 days, AT&T this month closed o