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WI: Bill Moyers Journal seeks the 'teletruth' about cable deregulation

Posted on November 8, 2007 - 2:15pm.

from: Madison.com

Bill Moyers Journal seeks the 'teletruth' about cable deregulation

Show to shadow watchdog group founder today

Judith Davidoff — 11/08/2007 9:02 am

The cable deregulation bill before the state Senate today is drawing national attention.

A film crew and reporter from Bill Moyers Journal will be in Madison to cover the vote and to shadow Cynthia Laitman, the co-founder of the statewide chapter of TeleTruth, a telecommunications watchdog group.

( categories: AT&T | State Franchises | WISCONSIN )

WI: Make a place for rural Wisconsin

Posted on November 8, 2007 - 2:13pm.

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."

( categories: AT&T | State Franchises | WISCONSIN )

Specter Floats Compromise on Telecom Immunity

Posted on November 8, 2007 - 9:18am.

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

Posted on November 8, 2007 - 8:58am.

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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9aeKF-rOGA&e

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Ex-Worker at AT$T Fights Immunity Bill

Posted on November 8, 2007 - 8:56am.

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

Posted on November 8, 2007 - 8:35am.

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.

( categories: AT&T | CONNECTICUT | State Franchises )

WI: City fears loss of cable pacts

Posted on November 7, 2007 - 9:08am.

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.

( categories: AT&T | State Franchises | WISCONSIN )

CT: AT$T U-verse Deploys in Connecticut Stirs Controversy

Posted on November 7, 2007 - 8:27am.

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.

( categories: AT&T | CONNECTICUT | State Franchises )

WI: State cable bill phoned in by AT$T

Posted on November 7, 2007 - 8:22am.

from: Badger Herald

OPINION & EDITORIAL
State cable bill phoned in by AT&T

by Adi Lev-er
Wednesday, November 7, 2007

The state Senate will vote on a bill tomorrow that would deregulate the cable industry in Wisconsin. Currently, local municipalities are in control of the industry; they grant the necessary franchise contracts to cable companies. The proposed bill would transfer that control over to the state. Instead of relying on the local government to consider each cable company individually and set up a contract, the state would create a standard by which companies would be granted franchises.

( categories: AT&T | State Franchises | WISCONSIN )

WI: Lawmaker hopes to help rural cable users ease 'digital divide'

Posted on November 7, 2007 - 8:20am.

from: Journal Sentinel

Lawmaker hopes to help rural cable users ease 'digital divide'

By STEVEN WALTERS
swalters@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Nov. 5, 2007

Madison - A state senator from western Wisconsin will try to rewrite a controversial cable franchise bill to require AT&T, cable and other companies to contribute up to $7.5 million to a new "digital divide" fund to make sure rural areas get the same services as cities and suburbs.

( categories: AT&T | State Franchises | WISCONSIN )
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