we will talk to john stankey at 8:00 a.m. time last quarter, guys, they had decent numbers john stankey talked to us and they said they were seeing slower payments with customers and that put pressure on the stock. that stock now up 2.2% the company had been saying for several quarters since john took over a couple of years ago that they were building the company to deliver growth. the question is are these the numbers the street has been waiting to see >> when do they make the pivot i like john. this is one of the companies where it is hard to fall off the floor. we are -- the stock has been -- you look at the five years five years down 42%. you go back farther and you are still down this is just a company that has struggled and struggled and struggled. down this year 20% less than a lot of other companies. as you said, hard to fall off the floor. meantime, steve liesman is here. >> it's not that rare. less frequent than it used to be >> nice to see you >> big poll results. quick comment with recessionary earnings from at&t

john stankey was a guest on "squawk box.hey exceeded many analyst expectations in terms of subscriber additions, seeing it here described by a number of analysts as better wireless ads, revenue, ebitda growth for its part, jpmorgan reiterates it was overweight and goldman-sachs saying, solid results, improved or maintained its '22 guidance for key financial metrics. you see all the ads. you see what is perhaps very active promotional at&t but it's working in getting them customers. >> don't you think it's interesting that apple was mentioned on the goldman call, working, getting new customers here, at&t, and yet there's going to be some report from some publication we've never heard of where somebody got shorted, and leaks that there indeed are microchips that involve the broad part of the antenna of the 14 pro and you got to sell apple. meanwhile, apple is integral to verizon, hans vestberg on tomorrow, to verizon, to at&t, to t-mobile, to goldman-sachs, but david, there is a part, according to imagination.com, imaginationd