AT&T is testing its next-gen phone network on rural areas and retirees

A new proposal by AT&T names two cities as test sites to see what will happen when the company moves customers off the old, copper-based phone system that has served the country for decades and onto newer, high-capacity, fiber-optic lines.

By Brian Fung

Full Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/02/28/att-is-testing-its-next-gen-phone-network-on-rural-areas-and-older-people/