This Week: Modular Pricing, Network Strain, and California's Copper Standoff from The Week with Roger

This Week: Modular Pricing, Network Strain, and California's Copper Standoff

13 minutes Posted May 26, 2026 at 4:15 am.

Episode intro 00:25 Fiber Connect data center insights 02:51 AI video is driving network requirements 04:41 AT&T's new Build-A-Plan rollout and implications 07:40 Will the plan expand in the future? 08:27 AT&T sues California to sunset copper and DSL 11:00 Satellite has become a reliable backup 12:28 Regulators should embrace the future 13:16 Episode wrap-upTags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, Fiber Connect, AI, network, data centers, BEAD, fiber, data, video, DOCSIS 4.0, AT&T, Build-A-Plan, Mint, multi-line, convergence, DSL, California, copper, FCC, satellite, Starlink, T-Mobile, regulation

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Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner unveil insights from Fiber Connect 2026 on data centers and material shortages, and discuss AT&T's new Build-A-Plan rollout as well as their legal fight to sunset legacy copper networks in California. 00:00 Episode intro 00:25 Fiber Connect data center insights 02:51 AI video is driving network requirements 04:41 AT&T's new Build-A-Plan rollout and implications 07:40 Will the plan expand in the future? 08:27 AT&T sues California to sunset copper and DSL 11:00 Satellite has become a reliable backup 12:28 Regulators should embrace the future 13:16 Episode wrap-upTags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, Fiber Connect, AI, network, data centers, BEAD, fiber, data, video, DOCSIS 4.0, AT&T, Build-A-Plan, Mint, multi-line, convergence, DSL, California, copper, FCC, satellite, Starlink, T-Mobile, regulation

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