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AT&T to Sell Satellite Broadband Service

An AP newswire article by Peter Svensson, via Yahoo! News, reports that:

AT&T Inc. plans to expand its high-speed Internet offerings by selling satellite-based access to customers in rural areas who can't be reached by broadband over phone lines.

AT&T said Monday it is partnering with WildBlue Communications Inc. to sell satellite broadband under its own brand, starting this month in some areas.

AT&T plans to expand service later this year to all customers in its 13-state local service area who cannot get a digital subscriber line, or DSL. The company says nearly 20 percent of its 26 million residential customers are in that category.

posted by Fergie @ 5/08/2006 01:05:00 PM