You know Arkansas would so be on that list.
The spun off states would get screwed even more. Look at who has the fastest speeds in the cable industry across more of their area. Cablevision services how many rural towns?
the rurals are a net drain on finance and left to their own would not ever be upgraded unless it became cheaper to run fiber than to maintain copper. So far that’s at least a decade off.
I hope so. We'd be better off with Windstream or CenturyTel as our ILEC. We would see much more broadband deployment around the state.
I want to be clear one one point: I think you folks in the field do a great job. It's those bandits in San Antonio who are screwing up everything. I would hope that if AT&T does divest Arkansas wirelines, the local employees would be hired by the new owner.