AT&T: We’ve Shelved Ideas Thanks to Network Neutrality Rules

The Federal Communications Commission’s new network neutrality rules have created enough legal uncertainty that AT&T has paused plans to offer some new services, AT&T Senior Vice President Bob Quinn said. He didn’t provide any details. There’s no way AT&T would have been able to first offer something like T-Mobile’s Binge On video streaming plan, since the company couldn’t predict how the FCC would respond, Quinn said at the Phoenix Center’s annual symposium. “Since the Open Internet order came out we've had weekly calls with the business units and literally 15 lawyers who are all trying to figure out whether that stuff we've invested in ... would be a violation of the order," he said. "We've had to shelve a bunch of stuff because we've got to wait and see.”