AT&T and Wal-Mart offer bargain basement broadband
In what may be an effort to bridge the digital divide, AT&T jumped into the broadband bed with Wal-Mart, offering high speed in 570 stores to start, and working to expand into other markets when possible. USA Today had an article about this new offering, sharing that for the higher end, higher speed, higher cost offerings, people can get gift cards to spend at Wal-Mart.
While that's certainly enticing, where I think the big impact will hit is for the families who shop at Wal-Mart who are looking for the "best deal" on Internet, and especially high-speed Internet. With AT&T's $14.99 offering, this "bargain basement broadband" will make it easy for many to finally get high speed internet. Now if we could just have the phone companies build out some of these older central offices where Wal-Mart lives, they could really bridge the digital divide, and bring bargain basement broadband to the masses who so desperately need it.
June 4th, 2007 at 9:16 am
Welday says AT&T won’t be offering a special price at Wal-Mart, but will give $25 and $75 “reward cards,” good at any Wal-Mart, to people who sign up for its higher-priced, and faster, DSL products, which cost $19.99 to $34.99 per month. There is no reward card for people buying AT&T’s cheapest, entry-level DSL service, which goes for $14.99 a month.
October 29th, 2007 at 6:40 am
I used many internet connections i.e dialup , cable internet but the most fastest reliable and best connection is broad band and now AT&T and Wal-Mart offer bargain basement broadband i am happy to hear that, because people will use now the best thing.