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from: Chicago Business

AT&T ready to take on Comcast on TV

By John Pletz
Oct. 13, 2007

AT&T Inc. is laying the groundwork for an assault on Comcast Corp.'s local cable TV monopoly starting this spring, perhaps as soon as April.

Having cleared the legislative hurdles that stood in the way of offering TV here, AT&T is now sprucing up its network of roughly 65 local stores; hiring construction, engineering and call-center staffers, and building out the fiber-optic network needed to deliver its U-verse TV service.

from: Akaku Maui Community TV

AKAKU STAVES OFF STATE TAKEOVER IN COURT

Akaku, Maui’s Community Television Network will not be put out to bid
this month as the state had originally planned. Akaku’s motion for
preliminary injunction to stop the Request For Proposal (RFP) process
was heard before Judge August in the Circuit Court Thursday morning,

From: New Haven Register

Town at Odds with AT&T over U-Verse
by Luther Turmelle
North Bureau Chief

WALLINGFORD - Democratic Councilman Michael
Brodlinsky told his colleagues on the Town Council
Tuesday night that he is concerned the town's three
local cable access channels [sic] are getting
short-changed by AT&T's new television service
offering.

Brodlinsky said AT&T's U-Verse television service -

from: Journal Newspaper

Cable cost for city will increase

October 11, 2007
Molly Tippen
Staff Writer

The cost of keeping cable television and Internet hook-ups at Romulus City Hall will increase because of the extensive cable franchising agreement signed into law last year.

from: Republican American

Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:24 PM EDT

Battle over AT&T's U-verse TV service rages on

BY DAVID KRECHEVSKY REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN

The legal battle over AT&T's U-verse television service continued this week on two fronts, with each side now looking to have competing rulings tossed out.

from: Multichannel News

House Panel Approves Broadband Census Bill
Bill Would Require FCC to Conduct Annual Survey on High-Speed Internet Deployments

By Ted Hearn -- Multichannel News, 10/10/2007 4:14:00 PM

Washington – A House subcommittee controlled by Democrats approved draft legislation Wednesday afternoon that would require federal and state agencies to cooperate in accurately collecting data on the availability and penetration of high-speed Internet access across the country.

from: Times Free Press

Cable TV drama ready for new season in state Legislature

By Dave Flessner and Jason Reynolds
Staff Writers

AT&T Corp. is hoping for a fresh start in the Tennessee Legislature next year when it mounts its second attempt to be able to add video services across Tennessee under a single franchise agreement, the company's new Tennessee president said Wednesday.

from: Times Free Press

Dueling video
Thursday, October 11, 2007

By Jason M. Reynolds and Dave Flessner
Staff Writers

Three companies soon may be fighting to plug their wires into Chattanooga homes to provide telephone, video and Internet services through lucrative "triple play" offers that bundle two or more communications packages.

from: Times Free Press

AT&T to push for franchise rights again
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

By Dave Flessner and Jason M. Reynolds
Staff Writers

Phone giant AT&T plans to mount a second legislative attempt in January to gain statewide franchising authority to add video services across Tennessee, an executive said today.

from: Reason

Is Telecom’s Future The Bells, the Bells, and Only the Bells?

December 5, 2001
By James K. Glassman

Where’s the competition? Nearly five years after passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, it’s fading out of sight.

In long distance, competition is hotter than ever. Consumers are getting huge breaks on their national and international long-distance calls. Price pressures have reduced profits, spurred a 60 percent decline in stock prices for long-distance companies and forced major carriers AT&T and MCI/WorldCom to restructure.