AT&T has signed a contract to buy a century link user’s fiber broadband division for 75 5.75 billion, making the Internet provider get more 1.1 million fiber users in 11 states.
It is expected that all cash contracts will be closed during the first half of 2026. AT&T will receive new users in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Adho, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.
This agreement will be given to AT&T to increase its user base to more than 1.1 million centuries to users, as AT&T has said there are more than 4 million fiber -powered places in the network areas selling. “This transaction will enable AT&T to enhance access to major metro areas such as Denver, Las Vegas, Manipolis-Central Paul, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City and Seattle, as well as additional geography as well as additional geography. Said.
The company, called the first Century Link, has been officially named Lemon but still uses it Centry link brand name Home Internet Service. AT&T, which is 9.6 million Fiber users and a total of 14.1 million broadband users said the infrastructure that is buying will also help increase fiber construction to new locations.
AT&T said, “AT&T will access the fiber construction capabilities to a great extent under the influence of its upcoming local exchange carrier (ILEC) and plans to accelerate the pace in which fiber is being made in these areas.” “AT&T is now expecting about 60 60 million total fiber locations by the end of 2030.
Centry link copper users were out of contract
This contract is also noteworthy that does not include: Lamin enterprise fiber users and old copper DSL lines that have never been upgraded to fiber. Century Link DSL users have faced damaged customer service and Multi -month closureAs we have stated in detail in multiple Articles More than the past Some years.
The deal is unlikely to improve the cases of copper users of the Century Link. Lemon is not interested in maintaining a copper network, and its prolonged closure is not fixed until a user asks ARS Technica for help. Consumers are trapped with a slow internet service that often doesn’t work.