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Texas Tribune reports on the AT&T fiber plan for El Barrio
The Texas Tribune reported the City's $24 million AT&T deal, with $2 million in ARPA funds and AT&T funding the rest, would reach more than 22,000 locations including the El Barrio neighborhood, and was expected to take three years and be 70 percent complete by 2024.[1]
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The Texas Tribune reported the City committed $2 million in ARPA funds to a $24 million AT&T network reaching more than 22,000 locations, awarded in summer 2022 and expected to be 70 percent complete by 2024; residents of El Barrio, a few blocks from downtown, were described as almost completely disconnected.[1]