To be clear up front, AT&T is a predatory telecom monopolist. It works tirelessly to lobby (and sometimes bribe) government for favorable treatment as it works tirelessly to undermine competiti…
  • aramis87@fedia.io
    9·
    2 days ago

    A) they didn’t want to lose any money; and b) they know there’s about to be a lot more poor people.

  • EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    I find this funny because where I live in Western NY they didn’t even offer service. I’ve been stuck with Spectrum for years. Especially infuriating was another fiber provider came into my neighborhood and one asshole refused to give them an easement to access the pole on their property so literally my block is one of the only spots in my neighborhood they don’t have service. I want to drop Spectrum so bad but they’re pretty much the only provider in my area.

  • shortwavesurferEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    I have my doubts as to whether it was because of the $15 one. At 25 MBPS fixed wireless can provide this easily. I think the bigger problem is the $20 for 200 MBPS which fixed wireless cannot reliably provide and therefore would cause AT&T to be in violation of this law quite often. Knowing New York, they were unwilling to compromise. And so AT&T just decided it wasn’t worth it.