AT&T Backtracks on Threat to Halt Fiber Rollout
Company Assures FCC It Will Pursue Plan to Expand GigaPower Fiber Network
By THOMAS GRYTA
AT&T Inc. on Wednesday backpedaled from a threat to freeze the rollout of its ultrafast Internet service because of uncertainty around government regulation of Internet services.
In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, AT&T said it isn't limiting its fiber expansion to the two million homes it committed to as part of its $49 billion acquisition of DirecTV , in contrast to recent comments from its chief executive.
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