AT&T

Federal Judge Takes Hard Look At Telecom Mega-Mergers

Posted on July 12, 2006 - 7:00am.

from: Technology Daily

Federal Judge Takes Hard Look At Telecom Mega-Mergers

By Drew Clark

(Monday, July 10) The long shadow of the Justice Department's prosecution of Microsoft could ensnare AT&T's efforts to acquire another Bell firm -- BellSouth -- as a federal judge late last week sought to aggressively investigate last year's telecommunications mega-mergers.

( categories: Telcos | AT&T | Bell South | Verizon )

Making Book on the Bells’ Promises

Posted on July 10, 2006 - 3:33pm.

from: Multichannel News

Making Book on the Bells’ Promises
By Kent Gibbons, Executive Editor 7/10/2006

In a bid to influence the Telecom Act rewrites underway in Congress, author Bruce Kushnick made his latest “e-book” available to be downloaded for free the week of June 20.

( categories: Telcos | AT&T | Bell South | Qwest | Verizon )

California - Dialing for Dollars

Posted on July 10, 2006 - 3:19pm.

from: Monterey County Weekly

Dialing for Dollars
Telecom industry pumps millions into AB 2987.

Jul 06, 2006
By Ryan Masters

On June 19, state Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez threw out the first pitch at a San Francisco Giants game in AT&T Park. In itself, it wouldn’t be a very newsworthy event—especially since the Democratic lawmaker from Los Angeles doesn’t have much of an arm. But many fear that his recent pitch to the Assembly on behalf of telecommunications giants AT&T and Verizon may be a strike against city governments and community media across California.

Just say "No" to AT$T

Posted on July 1, 2006 - 4:48pm.

An older 6/23 article but interesting in light of USA Today's retraction about Telcos giving the NSA individual phone records(only AT&T is still implicated in the NSA scandal - AT&T is also suspected of housing secret NSA facilities to monitor network traffic).

In addition to the quote in the article below (where AT&T asserts it owns your private information), we also found this in their privacy policy:

USA Today Backs Off Report on Phone Records

Posted on July 1, 2006 - 4:46pm.

From: NY Times

June 30, 2006
USA Today Backs Off Report on Phone Records

By MATT RICHTEL
In a note to readers today, USA Today backed off an earlier assertion that BellSouth and Verizon had contracted to provide telephone calling records to the National Security Agency.

The note referred to an article published May 11 that said those two companies and AT&T had provided calling records to the security agency, without warrants, for a database it was compiling to detect terrorist activity.

AT$T's new privacy policy is sticking point

Posted on June 27, 2006 - 7:00am.

from: Capital Weekly

AT&T's new privacy policy is sticking point in cable-access legislation

By Shane Goldmacher

(published June 26th, 2006)
On Tuesday, the Senate utilities committee will consider legislation to drastically expand telephone companies' access to California's lucrative video- and Internet-services market.

Plan for two-tiered Internet puts higher price on speed

Posted on June 22, 2006 - 7:08am.

Note: If the Telcos continue to whine about the cost of rolling out their video delivery service - and they feel the need exact a massive public service giveback in the form of fewer PEG services, elimination of net neutrality and the elimination of local control over right of way - then maybe their business model is terribly wrong. If this is the public cost necessary for phone company competition in cable TV - it's not worth it.

( categories: AT&T | State Franchises )

AT$T: Let your middle finger do the talking

Posted on June 21, 2006 - 9:39pm.

from: Silicon Valley

June 19, 2006

AT&T: Let your middle finger do the talking

“The commission vote demonstrates a recognition that the merger of SBC and AT&T will enhance competition, help bring new technologies to market faster, and provide real benefits to consumers and businesses. We commend the commission, under the leadership of Chairman Martin, for recognizing the reality of today’s communications marketplace and for fostering an environment where there will be greater choice in communications services and providers.”

( categories: AT&T )

$200 Billion Broadband Scandal - Get the book free!

Posted on June 19, 2006 - 12:37pm.

$200 Billion Broadband Scandal is NOW a free download for
ONE WEEK ONLY starting TUESDAY, June 20th. 2006

http://www.teletruth.org/docs/BROADBANDSCANDAL.pdf

Senate Should Stop and Investigate Verizon, AT&T, BellSouth and Qwest’s Broadband and Internet Control and Deployments. – FOLLOW THE MONEY TRAIL.

( categories: Telcos | AT&T | Bell South | Verizon )

Sen. Stevens offers deal on Net neutrality

Posted on June 18, 2006 - 6:30pm.

Sen. Stevens offers deal on Net neutrality

Sun Jun 18, 2006 4:13 PM ET

By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Commerce Committee
Chairman Ted Stevens has offered a compromise in
the fierce fight over legislation on Internet
network neutrality, but stopped short of demands
sought by content companies like Google Inc.

Google, Microsoft Corp. and other Internet

( categories: AT&T | Senate S.2686 )
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