A new Fitch report is claiming AT&T is getting ready to invest in its rural business, instead of walking away from it or trying to sell its rural territories, as Verizon did, and I wonder if this is part of that trend. Apparently Randall Stephenson told analysts AT&T was considering rural investments at a recent analyst meeting.
I don't know how well U-verse would work in very rural areas, but given the progress made with vectoring and more, it's conceivable AT&T could deliver more bandwidth over the copper lines to at least bring high-speed Internet to rural areas that don't have it now, and potentially its video product.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out and whether AT&T might even accept Connect America funds in the second round - they turned them down initially -- to help pay for the buildout.
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