FBA Official Statement on AT&T’s Analyst Day (12/4/24)

“The Fiber Broadband Association congratulates AT&T CEO John Stankey and his team on their plans to deploy fiber broadband to 50M homes and businesses over the next five years. I think Mr. Stankey’s quote (below) clearly illustrates why the market has spoken on why smart ISPs are investing in fiber to deliver the highest level of service performance, speed customer deployments, lower costs with self-installs, drive down OpEx by 35%, increase ARPU, reduce carbon footprints, and drive the bundling of services such as mobile wireless and postpaid phone. With leading telecommunications providers like AT&T stating its clear commitment to fiber, I can’t imagine a better testimony on why fiber broadband is so critical to our nation’s future. Congratulations AT&T!”

– Gary Bolton, President & CEO, Fiber Broadband Association

“Whoever sits in my chair at that time…., the individual should be sending me a very, very nice fruit basket every Christmas because they’re going to be sitting on some of the most pristine infrastructure in this industry, and it’s going to just print a lot cash.”

— AT&T CEO John Stankey, Dec. 3, 2024