To be attributed to Ramona Carlow, President, AT&T Connecticut
NEWHAVEN, Conn., June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- "AT&T has a long and
special history with the state of Connecticut and its residents. That is
why we were so excited to make Connecticut one of the first states where we
delivered to consumers a long-desired choice to the cable company
monopolies. Through our cutting-edge technology, hundreds of thousands of
Connecticut residents can now choose AT&T U-verse(SM) service, not only for
their television needs, but also for telephone and Internet services.
Last week, the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) issued a
ruling modifying the processes to be followed when we install the equipment
necessary to provide our U-verse services to Connecticut's neighborhoods.
AT&T will comply with the Department's requirements going forward. Some
aspects of the Department's ruling, however, are unclear and, based on
media reports last week, are being interpreted by some in a way that could
impede AT&T's ability to continue to roll out U-verse video service to
consumers across Connecticut.
Therefore, today AT&T is filing a motion with the DPUC asking for
clarification of certain aspects of its ruling to ensure that consumers can
continue to receive the benefits of U-verse services and our state's
economy is not harmed by any misinterpretations of the DPUC's decision.
To clarify, when AT&T began the installation of equipment required to
provide U-verse services, we notified property owners, by letter, of our
plans to install equipment cabinets in public rights of way abutting their
property.
Even though such notification was not a requirement based on prior DPUC
rulings, we did so anyway because we thought it was the right thing to do.
Now the DPUC wants us to modify our notice procedures going forward, and we
will do so, but we need the DPUC to clarify some of the requirements.
In response to comments from some municipalities, we also modified our
processes with towns and cities to ensure they had advance notice and input
regarding our planned equipment installations. We offer towns and cities 30
days' notice before installation of any U-verse equipment cabinet, and make
site visits with municipal officials to installation locations to discuss
and address concerns prior to installation. We will continue to modify
notification procedures as necessary and work with citizens and
municipalities to resolve differences on installation of equipment
cabinets.
AT&T is committed to doing what it takes to safely, respectfully and
cost effectively bring competition to Connecticut consumers who want a
choice of video service. We are in the middle of an initial $336 million
investment to deliver U-verse services here. That investment is giving
consumers a choice to their cable company and with that choice comes better
service and competitive prices at a time when consumers need such savings.
And our investment is creating good, high-paying jobs here in Connecticut;
in this economic climate, those jobs are more precious than ever. AT&T is
proud to be a leader in bringing Connecticut the benefits of innovation and
competition."
SOURCE AT&T Inc.
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