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(Source: BroadbandNow)
➢ Those in high income areas are paying less on average for broadband than those in low income areas.

➢ There are ten states where less than half of the population has access to a low-priced broadband plan of $50 or less per month: Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Montana, Kansas, South Dakota, North Dakota, Alaska and Wyoming.

➢ Four states—Delaware, Hawaii, Connecticut and Washington, DC—have achieved 100% availability as of 2022.

➢ Small states and those with high rates of urbanization make up the vast majority of those that have at least 85% access to a low-priced plan.

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January 5-8: CES 2023, Las Vegas

January 24-26: Content Americas, Miami

February 7: Regional Fiber Connect; Raleigh, NC

February 28-March 3: ACA Connects Summit; DC

March 13-16: Satellite 2023; DC

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“Through the jv, we have a unique opportunity in a capital light way to experiment outside of our traditional footprint to see if there are opportunities between the scale that we bring, levered capital and bringing our wireless bundling relationships to bear, whether the economics could make sense and whether we can potentially expand outside of our footprint. And we’re really excited by the opportunity and the partnership with BlackRock. I think this is an exciting time for the industry, and at a time where timing is of the essence, I think this is a great way to help us accelerate some of our plans.”
– AT&T CFO Pascal Desroches discussing the benefits of the Gigapower joint venture formed with BlackRock to serve customers outside of AT&T’s wireline footprint with fiber at Citi’s Media and Entertainment Conference Wednesday

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