AT&T VP of federal regulatory Hank Hultquist seems to set the table for a lawsuit in a blog post Monday. Hultquist explains his company’s position that the broadband service it sells is actually an “information service” and not a telecommunication service as described in Title II. It also argues that the FCC simply has no authority to reclassify broadband without first completing a complete study of the existing marketplace.
Old news but very pertinent to the issue at hand today. Unfortunately most, nearly 85% of AT&T technicians are not essential and this is not news. But the critical component of the network is mostly 100% automated and needs very little intervention besides in an outage at which point necessary workforce deployments are made. AT&T lawyers were suing the FCC over Title II reclassification so don’t let them tell you otherwise when they want to make it beneficial for themselves and the greedy board.
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“Okay, sure”. glad you agree pretty hard to deny unless you believe what senior management shovels.
Looks pretty simple to me.
Okay, sure
“Why should AT&T's internet service be classified differently?“. I would like to see att run without internet access. Why should any citizen be different than any company. Communication happens over the internet whether it be digital or analogue. Looks pretty simple to me.
No he wasn't "Hultquist explains his company’s position that the broadband service it sells is actually an “information service” and not a telecommunication service as described in Title II. "
Have you read the statute that you are citing? Where in the Communications Act of 1934 (where Title II comes from) does it say that Internet access should be subject to Title II? The answer is, nowhere. And you cite nothing in support of your argument for Title II other than "union people out on the road laying pipe". That's a beautiful thing, which (of course) has nothing to do with the Communications Act of 1934.
FCC has classified cable modem internet as an "Information service". Details at:
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-classifies-cable-modem-service-information-service
Why should AT&T's internet service be classified differently?
"Yeah, so classify the different parts differently. Which is precisely what Hultquist is arguing for."
No he wasn't "Hultquist explains his company’s position that the broadband service it sells is actually an “information service” and not a telecommunication service as described in Title II. "
That doesn't look like that is at all what he was saying. He is full of sh– just like the rest of att senior management. Just trying to change the rules to what they want.
just because one part of the company does movies does not mean the rest of the company fits in that category
Yeah, so classify the different parts differently. Which is precisely what Hultquist is arguing for.
uh no Netfilx, Hulu, Spotify, does not have union people out on the road laying pipe and climbing poles fixing lines. just because one part of the company does movies does not mean the rest of the company fits in that category.
If ATT TV is "telecommunication as in a big dumb pipe", then so is Netflix. So is Hulu, Spotify, YouTube, and all the rest.
Why should we be subject to FCC broadcast regs when they're not?
Hultquist - it is telecommunications as in a big dumb pipe. you make it something else which it should not be and isn't an information service but att can't sell big dumb pipes without screwing those up so what makes you think att can sell anything else when big dumb pipes are your core business.
The clowns can hire contractors to do transfers. Just saying.........
But we have a ten year backlog of pole transfers that are essential to work on this week