said by obannon1 :I am not ranting. why would at&t not want to offer a product if it is available. There is no uverse in the area as an option. Probably will not be for sometime as they dont want to upgrade the existing fitl system .
Your last sentence answered the question in your first sentence, except that they not only do not want to upgrade, they would prefer that all FITL customers would go away so that they don't have to try to maintain it either. AT&T's long term plan is to be strictly a wireless provider, so new wireline services are being discouraged in many locations.