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No sign of a deal between AT&T U-Verse and AMC, WE and IFC at our deadline Wed. The telco's more than 2mln subs will lose the nets at midnight if an agreement is not brokered. The he-said, she-said statements continued, with both sides launching attack websites (www.att.com/fighting4you and www.iwantmytvchannels.com). "We are making every effort to reach a fair agreement and continue providing these channels to our customers," AT&T said, adding that it has made numerous proposals. "It's unfortunate that Rainbow Media, owned by Cablevision, is clearly not negotiating in good faith, is trying to charge significantly more than the average of what our TV competitors pay for these channels, and is acting in a way that harms competition and limits consumer choice." Rainbow sees things differently, saying its execs have been at U-Verse offices for several weeks, doing everything possible to reach a deal. "We have agreements with every other television provider in the country and have never had our networks dropped in more than 25 years," Rainbow said.