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AT&T's stock price hit a 29-year low on Friday and continued to sink today as investors fled telecom stocks on reports that cleanups of lead-covered telephone cables could cost the industry tens of billions of dollars.

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[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Driving by one of their stores the other day and thought to myself, "Who the hell uses AT&T anymore?!"

They've had shit service since before T-Mobile existed. Literally let a noone come from nowhere just gobble up their market share.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

It's super location specific. I've been lots of places where no one except AT&T subscribers had coverage.

[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been an AT&T customer for years, mostly out of necessity. They just offer the best all around service for my needs.I tried switching to T-Mo, but they have a lot of dead spots (especially along interstates) and has weaker signal strength in most buildings than AT&T. And I just refuse to use Verizon, but they're in a similar situation.

[–] Ranman@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I'm so glad I live in a city that forces competition.

[–] vladmech@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Same here. I was paying $130/month to Comcast for 1000/35 and no data cap ($30 bump from the normal $100/month) and AT&T finally rolled fiber out to our street. While I don’t like them as a company it’s not like Comcast is better and now I get synchronous gig with no data caps for $80/month.