AT&T Files Four More Lawsuits

AT&T FILES MORE LAWSUITS
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Linda Haugsted]
Ten Illinois communities have delayed plant improvements AT&T needs to make to launch the telephone company's video service. AT&T has now sued 7 of them and the other expect legal action soon. The telephone company is taking a hard line against communities that approve moratoria on siting permits. City regulators say they need time to figure out how to safely site the large control boxes -- called 52Bs in the telco's shorthand -- in the public rights-of-way. AT&T said in the lawsuits that any conditions on the siting permits, such as language indicating that a cable franchise may be needed at a later time, are improper, unlawful and unenforceable under state and federal law. See ya in court.
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