AT&T tries to fight city hall [telecom]

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AT&T wants to know why a town is building a 1Gbps network when it already offers 6Mbps DSL

by Brad Reed

Why is one bandwidth-hungry town building its own 1Gbps fiber network for its citizens when AT&T already offers them 6Mbps DSL? That's the question AT&T would like to ask city leaders in Chanute, Kansas, a small town of roughly 9,000 people that is petitioning the state to allow it to offer greater access to the high-speed fiber network that it built to support town utility operations.

The Wichita Eagle reports that AT&T is concerned about this development and "filed to officially intervene in the case and was granted that permission on Tuesday morning" this week.