(CNN) AT&T is benefiting from providing slow broadband internet service to some poor neighborhoods.
The FCC requires AT&T to provide discounted high speed internet service to poor families who are eligible for food stamps. But AT&T is exploiting a loophole in the federal mandate to refuse those discounts to some qualified families.
The reason: AT&T says its broadband service in low-income neighborhoods is too slow.
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