{"id":393767,"date":"2020-12-04T17:03:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T22:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=393767"},"modified":"2020-12-04T17:03:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T22:03:24","slug":"att-communications-chief-executive-officer-jeff-mcelfresh-discusses-closing-the-digital-divide-with-ustelecom-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/att-communications-chief-executive-officer-jeff-mcelfresh-discusses-closing-the-digital-divide-with-ustelecom-members\/","title":{"rendered":"AT&amp;T Communications Chief Executive Officer Jeff McElfresh Discusses Closing the Digital Divide with USTelecom Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }\n.bwlistdecimal { list-style-type: decimal }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>AT&amp;T Communications Chief Executive Officer Jeff McElfresh Discusses Closing the Digital Divide with USTelecom Members<\/b><\/p>\n<p>DALLAS&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nJeff McElfresh, chief executive officer of AT&amp;T Communications, spoke yesterday at the USTelecom Broadband Investment Forum. He discussed the country\u2019s digital divide, touching on the following areas:<b \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Current state of broadband: <\/b>Since 1996, U.S. providers have invested nearly $2 trillion to build and operate advanced networks. And over the past 5 years (2015-2019), AT&amp;T invested more than $125 billion in our U.S. wireless and wireline networks, including capital investments and acquisition of wireless spectrum and operations. It\u2019s no coincidence that the U.S. led the world in 4G. And we\u2019re now seeing a repeat performance for 5G, with 5G networks from 3 carriers already live. The benefits of all this investment and innovation are striking. Compared to 2015, industry broadband speeds are up 16% while costs are down 20%.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Digital Divide:<\/b> But this good news doesn\u2019t apply to every American. There is a deep gap separating those with and without broadband internet access. The latest FCC figures estimate that about 14.5 million Americans lack access to fixed broadband at speeds of at least 25\/3 Mbps. This is the case even though broadband providers are rapidly pushing faster services into more and more areas. While some 98% of Americans in urban areas do have access to broadband networks, this is true for fewer than 80% of rural Americans. That 14.5 million figure only captures the issue of fixed broadband availability. It does not include consumers who rely entirely on their mobile phone for internet access. Still, availability is a major concern, as is affordability. The barrier to access for millions of other Americans is the cost of broadband service and equipment.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Lessons from COVID: <\/b>Half of U.S. adults say the internet\u2019s been \u201cessential\u201d during the pandemic. 60% of Americans have been able to work from home thanks to high-speed internet. 50 million students transitioned to remote learning. Yet some 17 million students remain effectively locked out of instruction because their families lack access to internet connectivity or adequate devices at home. This \u201chomework gap\u201d is the crisis within the COVID crisis.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Steps needed to close the digital divide:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"bwlistdecimal\">\n<li>\nUrge Congress to fully fund the Broadband DATA Act.\n<\/li>\n<li>\nRevamp our universal service programs with direct appropriations from Congress.\n<\/li>\n<li>\nLet those who engineer and build broadband networks decide which technology delivers the best solution.\n<\/li>\n<li>\nKeep the light-touch regulatory approach that\u2019s served our country so well.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\nThat light-touch regulatory approach has encouraged sizable private investment in U.S. networks in the past and can in the future, as well. In that regard, McElfresh said<i \/>AT&amp;T intends to continue investing in its fiber infrastructure and may double the number of business, residential and wireless cell tower locations served with fiber over the next 5 years.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>*About AT&amp;T Communications<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nWe help family, friends and neighbors connect in meaningful ways every day. From the first phone call 140+ years ago to mobile video streaming, we @ATT innovate to improve lives. AT&amp;T Communications is part of AT&amp;T Inc. (<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fabout.att.com%2Fcategory%2Fall_news.html&amp;esheet=52343331&amp;newsitemid=20201204005604&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=NYSE%3AT&amp;index=1&amp;md5=9f75751c6832d3b5459e3919b772aef9\">NYSE:T<\/a>). 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He discussed the country\u2019s digital divide, touching on the following areas: Current state of broadband: Since 1996, U.S. providers have invested nearly $2 trillion to build and operate advanced networks. And over the past 5 years (2015-2019), AT&amp;T invested more than $125 billion in our U.S. wireless and wireline networks, including capital investments and acquisition of wireless spectrum and operations. It\u2019s no coincidence that the U.S. led the world in 4G. And we\u2019re now seeing a repeat performance for 5G, with 5G networks from 3 carriers already &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/att-communications-chief-executive-officer-jeff-mcelfresh-discusses-closing-the-digital-divide-with-ustelecom-members\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;AT&amp;T Communications Chief Executive Officer Jeff McElfresh Discusses Closing the Digital Divide with USTelecom Members&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-393767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AT&amp;T Communications Chief Executive Officer Jeff McElfresh Discusses Closing the Digital Divide with USTelecom Members - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/att-communications-chief-executive-officer-jeff-mcelfresh-discusses-closing-the-digital-divide-with-ustelecom-members\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AT&amp;T Communications Chief Executive Officer Jeff McElfresh Discusses Closing the Digital Divide with USTelecom Members - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AT&amp;T Communications Chief Executive Officer Jeff McElfresh Discusses Closing the Digital Divide with USTelecom Members DALLAS&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; Jeff McElfresh, chief executive officer of AT&amp;T Communications, spoke yesterday at the USTelecom Broadband Investment Forum. He discussed the country\u2019s digital divide, touching on the following areas: Current state of broadband: Since 1996, U.S. providers have invested nearly $2 trillion to build and operate advanced networks. And over the past 5 years (2015-2019), AT&amp;T invested more than $125 billion in our U.S. wireless and wireline networks, including capital investments and acquisition of wireless spectrum and operations. It\u2019s no coincidence that the U.S. led the world in 4G. 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