AT&T today announced that 50 of its 54 stores in
Houston and southeast Texas are open for business. Two of the open
stores are being supplemented by Mobile Sales Units, vehicles with
displays and computers for transactions inside.
In the wake of Hurricane Ike, items in top demand by customers are
car chargers and LaptopConnect cards, which allow a laptop computer to
access the mobile broadband-speed Internet over AT&T's wireless
network.
All AT&T stores are offering free local and long distance
calling. The AT&T store in Port Arthur is set to open Friday.
Stores that remain closed are Galveston and Parkdale Mall in Beaumont
and the AT&T store in the downtown Houston tunnel system.