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[ NNSquad ] AT&T promises big fiber expansion, but only if feds let it buy DirecTV
AT&T promises big fiber expansion, but only if feds let it buy
DirecTV
(Ars Technica): http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/att-promises-big-fiber-expansion-but-only-if-feds-let-it-buy-directv/
AT&T's filing noted that DirecTV does not offer a broadband
service. The wireless Internet and TV bundles AT&T plans for
after the DirecTV merger would apparently rely on LTE for
broadband and satellite for video. "We expect fixed wireless
broadband to provide speeds of 10-15 Mbps during peak periods with
even higher maximum speeds during off peak times," AT&T said.
It's not really an expansion of AT&T's fixed wireless plans, since
AT&T already offers home Internet service over its cellular
network. Back in 2012, AT&T said that "99 percent of customer
locations in wireline service area[s] [are] expected to have
high-speed IP Internet access via IP wireline and/or 4G LTE" by
the end of 2014."
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Wow! 10-15 Mbps! Someday we'll have broadband almost as good as
Estonia's! Why would *anybody* believe *anything* AT&T says
about broadband deployment, given all their lies?
--Lauren--
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