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from: National journal

AT&T-Backed Group Won't Face Wis. Probe

By Michael Martinez

(Monday, August 20) The top law enforcer in Wisconsin has decided not to formally investigate an advocacy group that misrepresented a pair of state lawmakers' positions on a pending telecommunications bill.

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

DSL Reports, August 18, 2007

The Chattanooga Electric Power Board could pose a threat to AT&T’s growing network in Tennessee. The EPB is launching an FTTH initiative with a price tag of $200 million, expanding their Internet and telephone services and breaking into the cable industry. The process incorporates citizen input along the way. It’s expected to take some time to implement it and will need to go through several more stages of approval including to the state controller’s office and the City Council. If all goes well, EPB hopes to begin service to its first customers in about a year.

More information can be obtained from the EPB news release and the EPB website.

from: Great Lakes IT Report

Public access programmers, AT&T feud over U-Verse carriage
Posted on 8/21/2007 5:29:48 PM

A group backing local cable access media Tuesday announced that it had filed a complaint against AT&T Inc. with the Michigan Public Service Commission for failing to carry their programming.

from: CNET

Appeals court may let NSA lawsuits proceed
By Declan McCullagh
Aug 15 20:06:53 PDT 2007

SAN FRANCISCO--A federal appeals court on Wednesday appeared unwilling to end a pair of lawsuits that claim the Bush administration engaged in widespread illegal surveillance of Americans.

from: Wired

Nation’s Soul Is at Stake in NSA Surveillance Case

By Jennifer Granick
August 15, 2007

Today the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco is hearing arguments on two of the most important cases in decades dealing with the rule of law and personal privacy.

from: BuzzFlash

Why Haven’t the Mainstream Corporate Media Covered the AT&T-NSA Domestic Spying Program?

August 13, 2007

By Elliot D. Cohen

The recently passed “Protect America Act of 2007” (S. 1927), which expands presidential powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to spy on our overseas phone and e-mail communications without a court warrant, appears to be just the tip of the iceberg of government eavesdropping on American citizens. Yet, mainstream media (MSM) have given scant coverage to the NSA/AT&T domestic spying program, and a landmark case now pending before the 9th circuit federal appeals court, the outcome of which may mark the final blow to Fourth Amendment privacy rights in America.

Note: Providing "naked DSL" or DSL service without the requirement of phone service, was a condition of the AT&T - Bell South merger. A low cost version of the service was another condition ($10). That AT&T drags their feet in meeting these conditions, then buries the service in their plan offerings, is a disgrace - and grounds for a suit.

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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.