Will Kansas Municipal Broadband and Google Fiber Render AT&T Obsolete?

[Commentary] A new wave of serious competition is taking shape in the broadband Internet market, and AT&T's leadership is pulling out all the stops to halt this threat. The small town of Chanute (KS) wants to expand their high-speed fiber network to residential areas for $40/month. You might think that AT&T would shrug its shoulders over new competition in such a laughably small market. But the company sees this as the beginnings of a much larger threat: Allow one high-sped service at incredibly low prices, and other cities will surely follow. Soon enough, this tiny insurgent will have turned into a nationwide trend, putting enormous pressure on AT&T's existing business model.