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from: Light Reading

AT&T Eyes Batteries in Explosion Probe

AUGUST 10, 2007

AT&T Inc. says it isn't finished investigating what caused one of its broadband equipment cabinets to explode in suburban Houston last year. The explosion, first reported by Light Reading, occurred in the 8200 block of Clover Gardens Drive, outside the home of an elderly couple in late October. (See AT&T Investigates DSLAM Explosion and AT&T Still Digging on DBLAM!)

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: The Capital Times

Cable TV bill, as written, is a gift to industry

Curt Witynski, guest columnist — 8/10/2007 11:58 am

Wisconsinites deserve the same as Illinoisans when it comes to oversight of cable TV. Illinois recently passed a much more balanced cable bill than the industry-drafted proposal currently before the Wisconsin Legislature.

from: Web Pro news

AT&T — Nobody Wants Our $10 DSL

AT&T’s new head is a smooth one, definitely Dapper Dan and not Fop. It takes a quarter-century of industry experience to tap dance around honest questions the way he does.

I don’t mean to sound hateful, just snarky. Straight answers are rarely present in my profession and it’d be nice to see one for a change.

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: Green Bay Press gazette

Posted August 5, 2007

Guest column: Consumers, not AT&T, should get favored status

By Bruce Speight and Joel Kelsey

The dual goals of increased competition in the cable market and the expansion of broadband Internet service in Wisconsin are laudable. In today's connected world access to robust networks means much more than just the opportunity to watch cable television — it means increased access to news, art, entertainment, and diverse marketplaces. Unfortunately, the so-called "cable competition" bill that is currently before the state Legislature is missing its opportunity to develop the video service marketplace in a way that truly benefits Wisconsinites.

from: News Record

AT&T plans to offer state TV services
By Michelle Jarboe
Article published Aug 1, 2007

Television isn't calling. Yet.

AT&T announced plans Tuesday to invest $350 million to upgrade its North Carolina network, with hopes of launching Internet television services in the state in several years .

from: Madison.com

Wisconsin Cable Bill Proponents Fudge Facts

From Wisconsin State Journal, July 30, 2007
By Brad Clark and Barry Orton

The facts simply don’t support the State Journal’s July 24 editorial praising the so-called “Video Competition” bill.

Everyone favors cable competition. But AT&T (the corporation behind this legislation) has been free to compete with cable providers for over a decade, and has chosen not to.

from: Broadband Reports

Judge: U-Verse Is A Cable Service
He so isn't getting an AT&T Christmas card....

Friday Jul 27 2007 by Karl

While Verizon initially signed a number of franchise agreements with towns and cities to offer FiOS (a fiber/coax hybrid), AT&T instead has told communities that their U-Verse VDSL IPTV service technically isn't cable, so it isn't governed by franchise agreements. Towns and cities that challenge this assertion have traditionally been greeted with an AT&T lawsuit.

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.