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AT&T drops markets in seven states

June 23, 2004 Carrier will stop signing up new residential customers for local and long-distance service in those states. TAGS: AT&T Corp., Bell company, state, Bush Administration, carrier, DSL, decision, VoIP

AT&T proposes end to Bell dependence

April 29, 2004 The phone giant proposes to build its own local telephone switching structure to eliminate its dependence on equipment from the four Baby Bells. TAGS: leasing, dependence, Bell company, AT&T Corp., Qwest Communications Inc., BellSouth Corp., SBC Communications Inc., telephone company, switch, court, equipment, agreement, decision, Verizon Communications

Michael Powell's telecom epiphany

July 26, 2002 Randolph J. May, a senior fellow at the Progress & Freedom Foundation, says that government policy helped create the telecommunications mess and that FCC Chairman Powell knows only a change in pol... TAGS: Michael Powell, Bell company, telecommunications industry, telecommunications, broadband, policy, fiber, broadband service, regulation, sector, investment, chairman, health, resolution

EarthLink: Bells must share broadband networks

May 9, 2006 Broadband provider tells a federal appeals court that Verizon, BellSouth and others must be forced to share their networks with competitors. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., broadband network, broadband, Bell company, appeals court, regulator, argument, BellSouth Corp., cable company, lawyer, Verizon Communications, analysis

Broadband needs a nonpartisan FCC

September 14, 2004 Rep. John Conyers says that unnecessary political divisions have brought the Federal Communications Commission to a policy standstill. TAGS: Michael Powell, regional Bell company, Bell company, broadband, policy, DSL, victim, broadband service, rule, Washington, telecommunications, president

DSL providers hope to mimic cable's win

June 27, 2005 The U.S. Supreme Court blessed a hands-off approach to cable modems. Now the former Bell companies want the same treatment. TAGS: DSL, Bell company, treatment, telecommunications, DSL company, Cisco Systems Inc., cable modem, information service, broadband, cable company, Verizon Communications, modem

FCC eases high-speed network rules

October 14, 2004 Agency gives phone companies more leeway in sharing connections. Also: Broadband over power lines gets green light. TAGS: broadband over power line, powerline, Cinergy Corp., SBC Communications Inc., fiber, Bell company, power company, broadband, local phone company, telephone company, EarthLink Inc., Internet access, spokesman, decision, AT&T Corp., agency

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