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Many years ago the U.S. Government gave AT&T multipal millions of dollars in a contract to install fiber optics to the entire nation. AT&T chose to keep the money, but NOT the install the cable. They have and are still trying to position themselves so that everyone trying to access the internet would be forced to go through them first. They want even more money. AT&T is way behind schedule and they are getting paid double for the same work. Around that same time period, governments in places like Singapore and Malaysia were also installing fiber optics for every citizen's household. That is why some small cities in Louisianna started to create thier own local fiber optic networks. With those successes, AT&T has gotten scared of loosing money.

That is why ATT now offers no contract DSL. Comcast has always offered no contract Internet service. Local providers are beginning to gain strength again and offer serious competition. Wireless carriers are getting faster also.