FCC Delays AT&T/BellSouth and Net Neutrality Votes

FCC DELAYS AT&T/BELLSOUTH VOTE
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The FCC has pulled the AT&T/BellSouth merger from its Thursday meeting agenda. Also gone is the planned launch of a notice of inquiry on network neutrality, the issue that has stalled telecommunications reform legislation in the Senate. But the commission has only put off those two controversial items for a day. It has scheduled another meeting for Friday, Oct. 13, where it still plans to take up both items, though that is not a certainty either. The FCC could be deadlocked on the merger, with Robert McDowell not participating. That leaves two Democrats and two Republicans, with the Democrats highly critical of the DOJ decision and wanting conditions on the merger. Commissioner McDowell has been operating as though he will not vote. That's because his former employer, telecom lobby COMPTEL, has weighed in on the merger.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6380251.html?display=Breaking+News
* See FCC public notice: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-267857A1.doc

See Also --
* AT&T, BellSouth Merger Passes Antitrust Test
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