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from: MultiChannel News

AT&T Files to Become ‘Competitive Video Provider’

Connecticut AG Opposes Application As Telco Says State Law Provides ‘Clarity’ to Continue U-verse TV Rollout
By Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 10/1/2007 2:19:00 PM

AT&T filed an application Monday with the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control to become a “certified competitive video provider,” a new designation provided for under a state franchise-reform law. Meanwhile, the state’s attorney general continued to oppose treating the company any differently from incumbent cable providers.

from: Fierce IPTV

U-verse avoids Connecticut regulators
September 11, 2007

The Connecticut regulators in charge of issuing video franchise licenses have turned down a petition from the state's attorney general to make AT&T get one. The state Department of Public Utility Control told Attorney General Richard Blumenthal it would not require AT&T to get a franchise license pending the outcome of a federal court challenge. The PUC's decision allows AT&T to continue building out its U-verse system and signing up subscribers.

from: ConnPost

AT&T building U-verse
By PAM DAWKINS
Article Last Updated: 08/23/2007 10:35:33 PM EDT

While a federal district court and state regulators contemplate rulings about the nature of AT&T's U-verse television service, the company continues building up the infrastructure and customer base.

from: The Day

AT&T Asks Court To Reconsider 'U-verse' Decision

By Patricia Daddona
Published on 8/14/2007

AT&T has asked the U.S. District Court in New Haven to reject a recent federal opinion that finds the same rules for cable programming apply to a new video product offered by the phone company.

from: MultiChannel News

AT&T: Conn. AG Is 'Anti-Consumer'

(Multichannel News) _ An action taken by Connecticut's attorney general to stop AT&T from deploying its U-verse TV video product in the state is "anti-consumer through and through," according to the telephone company.

from: Stamford Advocate

AT&T's fiber-optic TV is tied up in knots
By Brian Lockhart
Staff Writer

August 12, 2007

For months, AT&T has been attempting to lure Cablevision and satellite customers in Norwalk, Stamford and 33 other municipalities to its new U-verse fiber-optic television service.

from: Newsday

Blumenthal, consumer counsel demands AT&T get cable franchise

August 6, 2007

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and the Office of Consumer Counsel on Monday asked state utility regulators to order AT&T to get a statewide cable television license before signing up new customers.

from: Broadcasting and Cable

AT&T Is Cable Operator, Says Connecticut Court
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/26/2007 3:33:00 PM

A Connecticut U.S. District Court has ruled that AT&T's Lightspeed IPTV video service is a cable service subject to local franchising laws.

The summary judgment was a victory for the New England Cable & Telecommunications Association, and the cable industry at large.

from: MultiChannel News

Connecticut Legislators Approve Franchise-Reform Bill

AT&T’s U-verse TV Would Face New Regulations if Passed

By Linda Haugsted -- Multichannel News, 6/8/2007

Connecticut legislators, on the last night of their session June 6, approved a franchise-reform bill that will subject AT&T's U-verse TV product to some regulation.

from: The Day.com

Telecoms Charge AT&T With Delaying New Service
Long Waits Hindering Fiber-Optic Plans, Say Groton Firm, Others
By Patricia Daddona , Published on 5/31/2007

Three years ago, Thames Valley Communications in Groton began building a fiber-optic network to provide customers with high-speed Web access. It hoped to have the system in place by 2009.