American for-profits are so hysterical about not servicing poorer people at cost that they'd rather cut services to everybody rather than be forced to do it.

That's what you get when you allow corporations to rob you blind for decades.

They’re probably being paid to not service rural areas. Can’t have them getting informed and making better choices.

“While we are committed to providing reliable and affordable internet service to customers across the country, New York’s broadband law imposes harmful rate regulations that make it uneconomical for AT&T to invest in and expand our broadband infrastructure in the state,” the company said in statements provided to CNET and Ars Technica.

This is blogspam. While Ars Technica put this quote near the beginning of their article and wrote an article afterwards to put it into context, this short article gave AT&T the very last word.

They don't have fiber in the state at all and a guaranteed 200 MBPS is quite difficult to do over fixed wireless.