AT&T today announced that they’ve just opened up their U-Verse VDSL service to small businesses. AT&T’s offering speeds up to 10Mbps ranging from $40-$100; a far cry from T1 costs, but according to the AT&T FAQ, there’s no SLA. It’s also obviously not quite as speedy as business FiOS. The service does come with a free in-office gateway (3800HGV-B) and unlimited free access to the AT&T network of hotspots. Last September I spoke to Speakeasy CEO Bruce Chatterly about how they’d largely abandoned the residential market for the small business dollar because he felt the major players really weren’t paying attention to that market. Perhaps that’s slowly changing.
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