Goodbye satellite TV (especially AT&T) and hello fiber optic cable

We've been a DirecTV customer since way before AT&T bought them.  Since the buyout, the Customer (lack of) Service has gone down in a big way.  Getting through the phone menu system to finally get a CSR that doesn't speak English well and can't really do anything but transfer you to someone else who also can't do anything is frustrating.  Hours on the phone.  Now that fiber is becoming widely available, this service will be relegated to folks in rural areas.  But rural broadband is on many state and local government agenda's now, so eventually, even the rural areas will be served by fiber optic networks.  Their customer base will be people living in the back country, which won't be able to support their huge infrastructure and budgets.

We're cutting our "TV bill" by more than half by going with a few selected streaming services (Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, Disney+,  etc.)   DirecTV charges you for dozens (maybe hundreds) of channels that you'll never watch.  It was a good platform when the competition was antenna or cable TV, but now the Internet has opened up a whole new way of getting your TV entertainment.  Pay only for what you want, not dozens of channels that you'll never watch.  Folks in rural America without fiber will still want this service, but unfortunately they will have the least ability to afford this service.  It's a dying source of entertainment for the rest of us in metropolitan areas, which is where the bulk of the TV viewing market exists.  Plus, add as many TV's as you would like for no additional cost.  Adios AT&T!  You're outdated and over-priced.