AT&T Is Spending Billions to Wire U.S. for Fast Internet as Rivals Take Different Path

Telecom company broadens its network of fiber-optic cables amid slowdown in mobile growth

AT&T CEO John Stankey says the company ‘should be putting more fiber out faster, quicker and in more places than anybody else.’ Photo: BRIAN SNYDER/REUTERS

For AT&T, the fastest home internet needs wires.

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