Better Buy: Frontier Communications Corporation vs. AT&T

When you look at Frontier Communications (NASDAQ: FTR) and AT&T (NYSE:), you see two companies with very similar problems. Even though Frontier's issues are more obvious than its sort-of rival's, both companies risk significant ongoing subscriber loss.

In fact, both AT&T and Frontier have been steadily losing cable and broadband customers. That's not something likely to lessen anytime soon because it's being driven by market conditions (cord-cutting) in pay television and technology in broadband (consumers prefer cable to phone-based internet).

It's fair to say that prospects are bleak for both of these companies. One, however, does have a much stronger chance of weathering the storm, and that alone makes it a better buy.

Source: Fool.com