AT&T Calls FCC Data Request 'Incorrect'
AT&T said it isn’t limiting its fiber-to-the-premises deployment to 2 million homes. It plans to complete an initiative to expand its GigaPower fiber network in 25 major metropolitan areas nationwide, it wrote the FCC. The letter responded to the commission’s…
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request for more information on AT&T’s fiber deployment plans (see 1411140058). The premise of the FCC’s Nov. 14 letter is incorrect, AT&T said. The telco can’t evaluate additional investment “beyond its existing commitments until the regulatory treatment of broadband service is clarified,” it said. The carrier provided responses including the total number of customer locations to which it plans to deploy fiber to the premises based on pre-transaction economics. AT&T said there are no documents relating to a request for data on limiting fiber deployment to 2 million homes.