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at&T takes $427M in Caf II funding, sets plan to bring wireline, wireless broadband to 18 states
2015-08-28 03:38:24| Wireless - Topix.net
AT&T has joined fellow Tier 1 telco CenturyLink, Consolidated Communications and others in accepting $427 million annually in phase two of the FCC Connect America Fund program, allowing it reach 2.2 million rural locations in 18 of the 21 states in its operating territory with broadband services. In making its decision to accept the funding, AT&T said it "carefully analyzed a number of factors including the regulatory obligations associated with accepting the funds and whether the funding makes deployment economically feasible ."
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