I travelled to Houston yesterday with John Donovan and members of his leadership team to survey the damage wrought by Hurricane Harvey, which was unimaginable. We visited a central office (CO) that was swamped by six feet of water in the middle of a neighborhood where piles of debris flanked the curbs in every direction….
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Ensuring an Open Internet while Fostering Innovation and Investment
Today, AT&T filed reply comments on the FCC’s proposal to restore the longstanding, bipartisan consensus that internet access service is an information service, a status that it enjoyed for all but two of the past 20 years. Opponents of returning internet access service to that status make no attempt to balance the costs and benefits…
Read More Ensuring an Open Internet while Fostering Innovation and InvestmentBroadband for All “And All for One”
By AT&T Summer Interns Delaney Butler, Julian McLendon and Hilary Rosenthal (The opinions expressed in this blog are solely those of the student authors and are not attributable to AT&T.) As interns with AT&T’s Federal Regulatory Group, we get to work with a diverse set of issues. It is one of the benefits of working…
Read More Broadband for All “And All for One”AT&T Statement on Senate Confirmation of Rosenworcel, Carr to FCC
The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Senior Vice President of Federal Regulatory: “I want to congratulate Brendan Carr and Jessica Rosenworcel on their Senate confirmations to the FCC, which complete a deep bench of talent and expertise at the agency. Both are dedicated and respected public officials. Consumers and our industry will…
Read More AT&T Statement on Senate Confirmation of Rosenworcel, Carr to FCCAT&T Statement on FCC Actions to Advance Broadband Deployment to Rural Americans
The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Senior Vice President of Federal Regulatory: “Nearly 30 million rural Americans do not have broadband service today. AT&T commends Chairman Pai and his fellow Commissioners for moving forward promptly with these two critical broadband programs. The Connect America Fund II and Mobility Fund II auctions are…
Read More AT&T Statement on FCC Actions to Advance Broadband Deployment to Rural AmericansMobility Fund II – a Win for Rural Consumers
While we take mobile broadband services for granted in urban environments, many rural Americans still don’t have access to wireless service to keep them connected to family, work and other vital services. Travel just 75 miles from D.C., and chances are you could find yourself in a small community without wireless voice or broadband coverage….
Read More Mobility Fund II – a Win for Rural ConsumersAT&T Statement on AIRWAVES Act
Today, Senators Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced the Advancing Innovation and Reinvigorating Widespread Access to Viable Electromagnetic Spectrum Act, or the ”AIRWAVES Act.” The following may be attributed to Tim McKone, AT&T Executive Vice President of Federal Relations: “AT&T congratulates Senators Gardner and Hassan for introducing a unique bill to address the…
Read More AT&T Statement on AIRWAVES ActA Day of Reflection after the Day of Action
Remember Dudley Do-Right? He was the dim-witted but affable Canadian Mountie with the cleft chin who busied himself saving Nell from his arch enemy, Snidely Whiplash. Snidely, of course, was always portrayed as a good nemesis should be – in a black coat and top hat, with a strangely menacing mustache and a greenish pallor. …
Read More A Day of Reflection after the Day of ActionWhen the Earth, Sun and Moon Align: Are we Witnessing Momentum for Legislation?
This morning, Chairman Walden announced his intent for his Committee to hold a hearing on net neutrality in September, inviting companies from across the internet ecosystem to help craft a sustainable legislative solution. Chairman Walden observed rightly that almost everyone is in agreement about fundamental open internet principles to prevent anti-competitive behavior such as throttling…
Read More When the Earth, Sun and Moon Align: Are we Witnessing Momentum for Legislation?Remarks by Joan Marsh at the MMTC 15th Annual Access to Capital and Telecom Policy Conference
The following are remarks by Joan Marsh, AT&T Senior Vice President of Federal Regulatory, as prepared for delivery at the MMTC 15th Annual Access to Capital and Telecom Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., July 20, 2017: We live in an age of innovation and disruption. In these interesting times, I think it’s important to be…
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