Blaming Airlines, AT&T Takes Flight

June 30, 2008 at 12:00 am PT

Yesterday, while I was returning from San Francisco to Austin, AT&T was letting folks know that it plans to move its headquarters from San Antonio to Dallas. A big part of the blame was laid on the lack of direct flights to other big cities, a fact I could appreciate after my indirect, 6-hour journey home. Ironically, as technology (powered in no small part by AT&T ) allows us to innovate anywhere, the financial woes of the airline industry that lead to fewer routes make it much more productive for those who travel to live in large cities.

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Tagged with: AT&T, Dallas, GigaOm, San Antonio, San Francisco, Stacey Higginbotham

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