NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) Sept. 15, 2006--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today it expects to affirm the ratings for AT&T Inc., Complete ratings information is available to subscribers of RatingsDirect, the real-time Web-based source for Standard&Poor's credit ratings, research, and risk analysis, at www.ratingsdirect.com. All ratings referenced herein can be found on Standard&Poor's public Web site at www.standardandpoors.com; under Credit Ratings in the left navigation bar, select Find a Rating, then Credit Ratings Search.