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WI: Make a place for rural Wisconsin
from: Madison.com
Make a place for rural Wisconsin
An editorial — 11/08/2007 9:12 am
The AT&T-sponsored cable franchise bill now being rushed through the state Senate would have a devastating impact on rural areas, and legislators from those areas want to address the problems with the measure before it expands an already serious "digital divide."
Specter Floats Compromise on Telecom Immunity
from: The Hill
Specter Floats Compromise on Telecom Immunity
From The Hill, November 7, 2007
By Manu Raju
The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee is drafting a compromise to resolve the thorny issue of whether to provide retroactive liability protections for the phone companies that allegedly participated in the Bush administration’s secret wiretapping program.
AT$T Whistleblower Speaks Out Against Retroactive Immunity
AT&T Whistleblower Speaks Out Against Retroactive Immunity
AT&T Whistleblower Mark Klein speaks to the issues of the AT&T/NSA wiretapping in this video from Senator Chris Dodd's site.
Ex-Worker at AT$T Fights Immunity Bill
from: NY Times
Ex-Worker at AT&T Fights Immunity Bill
by James Risen and Eric Lichtblau
WASHINGTON - When Mark Klein, then an AT&T technician in San Francisco, stumbled on a secret room apparently reserved for the National Security Agency inside an AT&T switching center, he hardly expected to be caught up in a national debate over the proper balance between American civil liberties and national security.
CT: U-verse given the green light in Connecticut
from: Fierce IPTV
U-verse given the green light in Connecticut
November 6, 2007
AT&T has been granted a franchise for its IPTV U-verse service in Connecticut after a state court overturned a decision by the local utility regulator which required U-verse to have to get a franchise in each area in which it wanted to operate. The decision is an important precedent and clears the way for similar state-level clearance to facilitate the rapid roll out of the broadband infrastructure necessary to support IPTV and other high access services. AT&T becomes the first competitor to offer television services under a new state law designed to increase competition with the cable industry.
WI: City fears loss of cable pacts
from: Journal Sentinel
City fears loss of cable pacts
Will providers opt out if state bill passes?
By STEVEN WALTERS
swalters@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Nov. 6, 2007
Madison - Milwaukee's cable franchise administrator said Tuesday he expects that AT&T and Time Warner would opt out of their city contracts and apply for state-issued franchises, if a bill up for a Senate vote this week becomes law.
FL: Bright House Move to Make PGTV Cost More for Many
Note:A flaw in the Florida State Franchise left PEG channels open to sole carriage on digital channels as opposed to the analog channels that compose basic cable service. A real loss for fixed-income homes and seniors who want access to local civic news and information.
from: The Ledger
Published: Wednesday, November 7, 2007
FCC Poised To Cap USF Service Temporarily
from: National Journal
FCC Poised To Cap USF Service Temporarily
By David Hatch
(Monday, November 6) The FCC is poised to impose a temporary cap on the multibillion-dollar universal service fund, with a vote expected this month, government and industry sources said.
CT: IPTV and Consumer Choice
from: 7 Town TV
IPTV and Consumer Choice
It is the same story but CT is now the playing field Telecom
Throughout the entire time-line of public discourse about U-verse, which includes both regulatory & court proceedings, at&t has funded a marketing campaign that presents itself as a consumer choice organization (MoreConsumerChoice.org and wewantchoice.com). at&t is currently running the TV4US campaign with pro at&t letter being auto-generation to DPUC. This campaign strategically locates TV4US ADs near articles on the U-verse debate. (Such Ads have appeared in web version of NH Register, Record-Journal, Hartford Courant.) This is polluting the information integrity associated with this market competition issue.
CT: AT$T U-verse Deploys in Connecticut Stirs Controversy
from: Associated Content
AT&T U-verse Deploys in Connecticut Stirs Controversy
Can Someone Buy Your Free Speech?
By adelehouston
The free speech of hundreds of consumers was paid for in advertising funds expended by AT&T this year. In a recent campaign to deploy U-verse in Connecticut (a timeline of events can be found here; http://7towntv.org/ct_acm.htm ) a massive marketing campaign rallied consumers to fight for competition and fair prices. It was slick.
