

They just don’t want to spend the money (that the government gave them years ago to do specifically that)
There was a great talk about this at a hacker convention a few years back. Infuriating, but great.
The Circle of HOPE (2018): $500 Billion Broadband Scandal: It’s Time to Break Up AT&T… Again
Oh cool! I’m always a week or so late on Behind the Bastards, I wait until they put it on youtube so I can use sponsorblock and kill the ads. I like the coolzonemedia podcasts, but they’re way too heavy on the ads for me without a blocker