Comments Invited On AT&T Application to Discontinue Domestic Telecommunications Services in Southeast

On May 7, 2012, AT&T Services filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission on behalf of its affiliate, AT&T Southeast to discontinue a certain domestic telecommunications service throughout AT&T Southeast’s service territory in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

AT&T’s application will be deemed to be granted automatically on the 60th day after the release date of this public notice, unless the Commission notifies AT&T that the grant will not be automatically effective. In the application, AT&T indicates that AT&T Southeast plans to discontinue offering MSNS to new customers in the Service Areas on or after July 15, 2012, subject to FCC approval. In addition, AT&T submits that AT&T Southeast plans to no longer allow existing customers to order new services or make changes to their existing service arrangements effective July 15, 2012, and that it currently plans to completely discontinue existing service arrangements on or about April 1, 2014.