• AT&T gives investors and gov't wildly different takes on need for fiber

    From Moderator@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 9 15:08:33 2021
    AT&T to investors: Fiber is the best! AT&T to gov't: Don't give rural people fiber!

    By Jon Brodkin

    AT&T says fiber Internet is a "superior" technology that is built for
    today and the future because of its ability to deliver symmetrical
    upload and download speeds of 1Gbps and higher. AT&T also says that
    "there is no compelling evidence" to support the deployment of fiber
    across the US and that rural people should be satisfied with nonfiber
    Internet access that provides only 10Mbps upload speeds.

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/att-says-fiber-is-superior-even-as-it-lobbies-against-nationwide-build-out/

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