Tag Archives: AT&T

Broadband power users explode, making data caps more profitable for ISPs

Data cap cash. reader comments 275 with 129 posters participating Share this story The number of broadband “power users”—people who use 1TB or more per month—has doubled over the past year, ensuring that ISPs will be able to make more money from data caps. In Q3 2020, 8.8 percent of broadband subscribers used at least… Read More »

AT&T has trouble figuring out where it offers government-funded Internet

reader comments 24 with 22 posters participating Share this story If you live in an area where AT&T has taken government funds in exchange for deploying broadband, there’s a chance you won’t be able to get the service—even if AT&T initially tells you it’s available. AT&T’s Mississippi division has received over $283 million from the… Read More »

AT&T kills DSL, leaves tens of millions of homes without fiber Internet

Getty IMages | Synergee reader comments 153 with 99 posters participating Share this story AT&T has deployed fiber-to-the-home Internet to less than 30 percent of the households in its 21-state territory, according to a new report that says AT&T has targeted wealthy, non-rural areas in its fiber upgrades. The report, co-written by an AT&T workers… Read More »

T-Mobile hits back at AT&T and Verizon after spectrum-hoarding accusations

Enlarge / T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert speaks during a keynote at CES 2020 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. reader comments 47 with 40 posters participating Share this story T-Mobile US CEO Mike Sievert yesterday fired back at AT&T and Verizon, saying the carriers’ complaints about T-Mobile obtaining more spectrum licenses show that… Read More »