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)."
(Score: 2) by AndyTheAbsurd on Thursday July 09 2015, @10:47AM
Did you mean that we need to get our legislators not to suck so hard?
Did you mean that we need to not let our legislators get their dicks sucked by lobbyists?
Please note my username before responding. You may have been trolled.
(Score: 2) by cmn32480 on Friday July 10 2015, @01:00AM
Or suck the dicks of the lobbyists.
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