As a telecom AT&T obviously works hand-in-hand with the NSA. Here's an article from The Intercept dating back to June 2018.
It doesn't mention Nashville specifically, but does cite other cities and general infrastructure precautions (bombs, earthquakes). The Nashville building was supposedly built in 1994, so it's fairly modern.
If the reason is election related then it's surprising as a layman that the Atlanta point wouldn't have been targeted instead, and again, it seems unlikely that critical infrastructure wouldn't have safe-guards...but who knows.
As a telecom AT&T obviously works hand-in-hand with the NSA. Here's an article from The Intercept dating back to June 2018.
It doesn't mention Nashville specifically, but does cite other cities and general infrastructure precautions (bombs, earthquakes). The Nashville building was supposedly built in 1994, so it's fairly modern.
If the reason is election related then it's surprising as a layman that the Atlanta point wouldn't have been targeted instead, and again, it seems unlikely that critical infrastructure wouldn't have safe-guards...but who knows.
AT&T had the infamous Room 641A, which was the first publicly confirmed NSA tap on internet infrastructure.