The real deficit is access to high-speed broadband, which can also deliver phone service.
AT&T Broadband, which has about 40,000 employees nationwide, said the cuts were a result of redundancies.
It was originally conceived by TCI, the forerunner to AT&T Broadband, which was controlled by John C. Malone.
The key threat is the rapid uptake of broadband, which changes media consumption dramatically, especially among the young.
It began when I received a bill from AT&T Broadband, which provides my cable television service.
Wireless companies, meanwhile, want no restrictions on wireless broadband, which they see as a different technology than Internet service over wires.
Unlike Hong Kong Broadband, which serves one city, Verizon delivers advanced broadband, wireless voice and data, and interactive television to thousands of markets from coast to coast.
One thing almost all the parties have in common is backing for superfast broadband, which is defined as services with speeds of 30 megabits per second or more.
But the focus in Washington has turned to the development of the next generation of emergency communications, wireless broadband, which seeks to succeed where radio has failed.
This year, Britain is ahead, with 47.4percentt of homes having broadband, which is more than the 43.9percentt in the United States.
The company gave up making cell-phone equipment, but does make equipment for wireless broadband, which uses radio waves to distribute data or video in a city.
