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IP: DEAL WITH AT&T HALTS BALLOT ITEM ON INTERNET USE Edupage, July 3 2000
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 20:03:56 -0400
AT&T has agreed to allow competitors to access its networks in Massachusetts by 2002, ending open access advocates' efforts to place a state-wide open access question on November's ballot. The ballot question initiative, headed by venture capitalist J. Christopher Grace, was expected to spark a massive advertising campaign by AOL, AT&T, and other large Internet companies. "The bottom line is that consumers will have this choice a lot faster than if we had the government telling us what to do," says AT&T's Richard D. Jenkinson, noting that if successful, the ballot question would have spawned a legal battle of several years. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) commends the arrangement as "the best voluntary open access agreement to date anywhere in the country." (Boston Globe Online, June 28 2000)
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