by Brent Olson
Ninety four percent of parents who have teenagers say they have talked with their kids about online behavior and what things should and should not be shared while online, according to recent research by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. And 93 percent of parents talk with their kids about ways to…
Read More Building a Responsible Online CommunityFor the hundreds of thousands of our brave men and women deployed around the world, this will be another day of service to their country. For more than 20-million veterans including two million from World War II, their military career is a memory. But for all Americans this is the day that our nation pays…
Read More AT&T Supports our Nation’s Veterans… We Salute YouThe following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson: “We applaud the strong leadership of FCC Chairman Genachowski to address the broadband adoption puzzle. Broadband adoption promotes educational and employment opportunities and strengthens participation of all in our economy. We are proud of our efforts to support, partner and participate actively in a number of…
Read More Promoting Broadband AdoptionThe first ever nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System is set for Wednesday, November 9, at 2:00pm EST. The test is being conducted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). You may attribute the following statement to AT&T’s Vice-President-Federal Regulatory…
Read More AT&T Statement on EAS TestMedia Access Project, or MAP, fashions itself a “non-profit law firm and advocacy organization” that works on behalf of the public “to promote freedom of expression.” Indeed, one of MAP’s primary objectives is to protect the public’s First Amendment rights by ensuring “universal and equitable access to media outlets.” But apparently those rights extend only…
Read More Supporting Free Expression . . . As Long As We Agree with YouThe following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson: “I want to congratulate Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai for their White House nominations to become FCC Commissioners. We have had the pleasure of working with both nominees in the past and they possess the experience, expertise and enthusiasm for public service that will serve them…
Read More AT&T Statement on Rosenworcel, Pai FCC NominationsAs National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) comes to a close, we had the pleasure to attend the FCC Chairman’s Awards for Advancement in Accessibility event last Friday in Washington. Awards were presented for developments in mainstream or assistive technologies, standards and best practices. Due to the hard work by our AT&T Labs colleagues (we mean you,…
Read More Bringing Accessible Technologies into the CloudWashington, DC –The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today adopted an Order to reform the Universal Service Fund (USF) and the Inter-Carrier Compensation (ICC) rules for the broadband era. The following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson: “The FCC today took an important step in transforming the concept of universal service. By redefining the 21st…
Read More AT&T on FCC’s USF/ICC OrderYesterday, we were the recipient of another Public Knowledge nasty-gram. You know the drill. PK latches onto some straight-forward fact, misrepresents it to some extreme and lashes out with a press release or blog containing reckless and unfounded allegations. In this case, Public Knowledge is spinning AT&T’s attempt to sell its WCS C and D block…
Read More Ready, Fire…But No Real AimIt’s time to chalk up another victim to the addictive qualities of access charges. For more than a decade, cable companies have fought vigorously to avoid entanglement of their broadband IP networks with common carrier regulation. Now, for less than a penny a minute, Comcast seems ready to say “the heck with all that.” In…
Read More Comcast and the Throes of Addiction
