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AT&T Will Give Poor People 1.5 Mbps DSL for $10 if US Allows DirecTV Merger

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday July 08 2015, @11:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the too-big-to-fail dept.

AnonTechie writes:

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)."

http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/07/att-will-give-poor-people-1-5mbps-dsl-for-10-if-us-allows-directv-merger/

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday July 09 2015, @03:52AM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Thursday July 09 2015, @03:52AM (#206773) Homepage Journal

    then throw them into a volcano.

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  • (Score: 2) by TheGratefulNet on Thursday July 09 2015, @04:11AM

    by TheGratefulNet (659) on Thursday July 09 2015, @04:11AM (#206784)

    "I know they can GET the fiber, but can they FILL the fiber? I'm not arguing that with you. if I said that, I would have been wrong."

    lol

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    • (Score: 2) by fnj on Thursday July 09 2015, @02:09PM

      by fnj (1654) on Thursday July 09 2015, @02:09PM (#206975)

      One of the coolest movies ever made.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2015, @07:47AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2015, @07:47AM (#206852)

    Ah, yes, the scientology solution! MDC, I like the way you think! All praise Xenu!