AT&T hoping to make Mississippi a U-verse state

by Darren Murph, posted May 31st 2008 at 8:18PM

You didn't really think AT&T was going to string its U-verse network all the way down to Alabama and not hit up Mississippi for some business while it was around, did ya? According to an article in the Sun Herald, the aforesaid carrier has "introduced its new U-verse television network to the Biloxi City Council, which tabled a resolution to approve the service until the lawyers can agree on a contract." AT&T has already agreed to share 3-percent of its gross revenue with the city, and we're also told that the agreement has been "unanimously passed in Ocean Springs, Pascagoula, Harrison County and Moss Point and will be considered by Jackson County, Pass Christian, Long Beach and other Coast communities." We're no experts on wading through red tape, but it sure sounds like the fiber-based service isn't too far away.

[Thanks, Robby]

Filed under: Industry, Fiber

Tags: att, BILOXI, expansion, mississippi, u-verse, uverse

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nihillasohen @ Jun 1st 2008 5:08AM

Biloxi, born and raised baby! I've been hearing about this for a while, and its good to know that all the upgrades will be used for something. CableOne has been battling AT&T for phone and internet, and now we have some competition for cable. This is great news and i'm not surprised that it passed unanimously. CableOne has been sticking it to us for a while.

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GhostDoggy @ Jun 1st 2008 7:11AM

I'm still waiting to run across my first U-verse customer in Atlanta. Heck, even in the workplace I do not know of anyone that has it.

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Baron @ Jul 7th 2008 4:38PM

Not to beat a dead horse too much, as I just commented on this in a new thread before I saw this one, but over here in Jackson, the deal has been approved since December (http://www.wlbt.com/global/story.asp?s=7484134&ClientType=Printable) and we haven't seen anything from it yet! I wish they would hurry up.

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