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Re:Forget Comcast. Here’s a DIY Approach to Internet Access by toomuchtodo on Thursday August 04, 2016 @06:35PM (#12228937)
I thought it was the billions of dollars AT&T took from the federal government, as recently as two years ago (although traditional financing played a part):

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Takes-Billions-in-FCC...

Re:Forget Comcast. Here’s a DIY Approach to Internet Access by Spooky23 on Thursday August 04, 2016 @07:32PM (#12229173)
Sorry I was unclear. I'm talking about the old, 20th century AT&T.