from: Broadband Reports [1]

Wisconsin Residents Have Concerns About U-Verse
State assembly changes franchise rules and plans move forward

01:33PM Saturday Dec 15 2007 by KathrynV

Earlier this week, the Wisconsin State Assembly agreed to change cable franchise rules and make them statewide. This means that AT&T’s U-Verse can move forward in the state. However, many people in small cities throughout Wisconsin have expressed concerns that they aren’t going to be part of the deployment. Of greater concern to many citizens in the state is the fear that U-Verse won’t serve poorer areas even in major cities like Milwaukee. A report on the issue found that only 15 out of 240 planned U-Verse locations in the area serve families living below the poverty line. AT&T insists that it wants to get its services to as many people as possible and says its build-out does include low-income areas.