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How a Simple Press Release Reveals AT&T’s Anti-Competition Hypocrisy

Hours after Google announced Google Fiber in Austin — the second city in which Google Fiber will be rolled out — AT&T pretended it, too, will build a 1-gigabit network there.

No one actually believes this is true. What we’re seeing is a bit of gamesmanship.

But I think AT&T’s press release reveals much more between the lines: It’s complaining about the deal terms by which Google got the rights of way in Austin. And, it’s confirming the very message it’s been trying to deny for years: that only when there’s real competition will AT&T invest in making a better service.

By Mike Masnick

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/04/what-atts-follow-me-fiber-move-says-about-broadband-competition/

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