AT&T Broadband: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox company

| fate = PurchasedMerged into [[Comcast Corporation]]

| foundation = {{start date and age|1999}} (as AT&T Digital Cable)

| defunct = {{end date and age|2003}}

| location = [[Englewood, Colorado]], [[United States|U.S.]]

'''AT&T Broadband LLC''' was [[AT&T Corporation|AT&T]]'s cable operations companydivision. It was formed in March 1999 when AT&T acquired the assets of [[Tele-Communications Inc.|TCI]] and renamed it to AT&T Broadband. The next year, AT&T Broadband acquired [[MediaOne]] as well and became the largest cable operations company in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thocp.net/companies/att/att_company.htm|title=The History of AT&T Company|publisher=The History of Computing Project|accessdateaccess-date=April 10, 2010}}</ref> In 2001, AT&T swapped the cable systems to [[Cable One]] in the [[San Joaquin Valley]] region of [[California]], eastern [[Oregon]], northern [[Utah]], and southern [[Idaho]]. Later that same year, it was announced that AT&T Broadband and the [[Comcast Corporation]] will be merging their assets into "AT&T Comcast Corporation"." The deal was finalized in mid-November 2002 and AT&T Broadband fully merged into Comcast Corporation.

On December 19, 2001, AT&T Broadband and [[Comcast Corporation]] announced that they will be merging as a decision was made by their respective Board of Directors. The value of the transaction was [[USD|$]]72 billion and jointly had covered over 22 million subscribers across all United States. Originally, the name of the merger company was supposed to be AT&T Comcast Corporation with each company providing 5 members for the Board of Directors, including 2 external members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://corporate.comcast.com/news-information/news-feed/att-broadband-to-merge-with-comcast-corporation-in-72-billion-transaction|title=AT&T Broadband to Merge with Comcast Corporation in $72 Billion Transaction|publisher=[[Comcast]]|date=December 19, 2001|accessdateaccess-date=April 10, 2020}}</ref>

In 2002, AT&T went through corporate restructuring. In the middle of November 2002, the deal was finalized and Comcast acquired AT&T Broadband under the name "Comcast Corporation".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://corporate.comcast.com/news-information/news-feed/comcast-completes-att-broadband-transaction|title=Comcast Completes AT&T Broadband Transaction|publisher=Comcast|date=November 18, 2002|accessdateaccess-date=April 10, 2020}}</ref>

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