Understanding Technology
AT&T Has Failed Carroll County, Georgia!
Earlier this year AT&T got what they were looking for! They were allowed to acquire one of Georgia's
favorite corporations, BellSouth. And one of the things that AT&T promised to do as part of their
acquisition process was to deliver broadband Internet services to most of their service area by the
end of this year!
It turns out that Carroll County, Georgia is part of the AT&T service delivery area, but they have
failed us! They have not delivered broadband Internet service to most of our county's geography. They
have picked cherries; delivered DSL to many of our county's most populated areas; but they have
not delivered DSL to the homes, business and government locations in the most distant locations in
our community.
What's up with that?
AT&T got what they were looking for (i.e. BellSouth) by promising the stars, all while they
had no intention of delivering on their DSL service delivery promise(s). You see, all AT&T wanted
was the deal, knowing full well that after the deal was done, there was nobody on the planet that
would reverse the purchase.
In my opinion, the cable companies aren't much better. Many of our remote homes, businesses
and governmental locations are not being serviced by the designated cable provider(s) either. These
organizations advertise and make claims about their high-speed Internet service offerings, but they
are not making the investments necessary to fully service our county.
There are satellite-based Internet services available, but they really aren't that performant (and they
are fairly expensive).
The solution to our county's lack of broadband Internet coverage is not easy.
Each of us should demand AT&T deliver DSL to all parts of Carroll County, Georgia! Not next
century, but now. If your cable provider is not providing broadband service to your coverage area,
you should tell them that you want it now!
What's Next for AT&T?
Now let's look at AT&T's next objective, forcing web providers (i.e. Google, Amazon, Yahoo, etc...)
to pay for high-speed Internet traversal. They believe that the destinations of much of the Internet's
traffic should pay them (AT&T etc...) for preferential routing over the Internet. And AT&T wishes to
penalize web companies that do not pay them to traverse their networks. In other words, AT&T
wants to kill Internet (Net) neutrality.
The following link is provided for your reference and it provides more information about
the fight for (or impending collapse of) Internet Neutrality:
FTC Abandons Net Neutrality
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