Summary
Personally during the previous 30-years I have utilized the business and services of AT&T land line and wireless services. I have experienced the previous court break-up of AT&T - the dividend destruction of AT&T common stock, and never sure which company the current AT&T would purchase to bring it back to the AT&T of old.
Analysis
After monitoring our home and business land line, actually logging the various failures for over a decade, working with the technicians which would show up, waiting on the telephone contacting the broadband technical services team - I finally gave up.
I had seen the various cable company commercials, seen the cable trucks in our neighborhood and business, spoke with very satisfies land line customers (converts of AT&T) and finally took the leap.
Currently our broadband is provided by cable modem, and our land line voice is provided by the same cable company. For over one year I have been very satisfied with the change.
Further, our adult children, and our vacation homes no longer opt for land lines - we are satisfied using wireless, some choose AT&T wireless for specific handset needs, some choose others for price and services.
