AT&T launches $10 broadband service to low-income households
AT&T islaunching a discounted wired broadband Internet product to low-income households. The program, Access from AT&T, will offer eligible households – including those that receive food stamps – multiple service options, with 5 Mbps download speeds for $5 per month and faster five and 10 Mbps speeds for $10 per month.
With the launch of Access from AT&T, the company makes good on a commitment it made to the FCC as part of the AT&T-DirecTV merger review.
AT&T’s new discounted program is good for the millions of low-income households in their 21-state wireline footprint. Now that theLifeline program supports broadband, households can use their subsidy for Internet services like Access from AT&T with minimal out-of-pocket cost.
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