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AT&T is promising to offer cheaper Internet service to poor people if it's allowed to buy DirecTV. This is similar to a promise that helped Comcast gain government approval of its 2011 acquisition of NBCUniversal.
Qualifying residents in areas where AT&T's top speeds are below 5 Mbps (that's not a typo) will be offered DSL service of "up to 1.5 Mbps, where available" for $10 a month, AT&T said in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission last week. It'll be $5 a month for the first year before rising to $10 for the next three years. AT&T is proposing a four-year commitment in total.
In areas where AT&T's top speeds are higher, the company said it "will offer a broadband wireline DSL service at speeds up to 5 Mbps to households in AT&T's wireline footprint for $10 per month for the first 12 months of service (rising to $20 per month for the remainder of the term of the commitment)."
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2015, @01:32AM
CATV with premium channels for just $X a month for a special introductory period? Forget it. I'm interested in the permanent rate, not "the first hit is on the house" type promotions.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday July 09 2015, @04:10AM
without logging in as a user?
I searched extensively a while back, I also wanted an accredited registrar not a reseller.
I only found one, maybe you can find some others.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday July 09 2015, @04:13AM
for Pacific Gas and Electric customers so they could trim trees aways from power lines. This led to damn near the entire sierra nevada getting torched because PG&E spent those tens of millions of dollars on hookers and blow.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]