AT&T is just one of many companies destroyed by greed and venal executives.
The NYTIMES tells us how the profit fetish is why we don't have enough ventilators.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/business/coronavirus-us-ventilator-shortage.html
Article goes on to say: "The stalled efforts to create a new class of cheap, easy-to-use ventilators highlight the perils of outsourcing projects with critical public-health implications to private companies; their focus on maximizing profits is not always consistent with the government’s goal of preparing for a future crisis.