AT&T Reaction to Fresno City Council Vote Against Forced Access Ordinance.FRESNO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 1999-- Below is AT&T's reaction to today's 4 to 2 vote by the Fresno City Council which approved the MediaOne license franchise transfer to AT&T and rejected opponents' pleas for forced access restrictions. This statement may be attributed to Cindy Daly, AT&T Vice President, Local Government Relations in California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). . "Fresno joins more than 25 cities in the Central Valley which welcome and embrace competition in local telephone service and high-speed Internet See broadband. access. Consumers are the real winners today. Council President Steitz, Council member Bredefeld and their colleagues took a very complex issue, analyzed an·a·lyze tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3. it carefully and made a decision in the best interests of consumers in Fresno. The City Council's decision today will encourage further investment by AT&T and other cable companies in the community. With this investment in cable broadband technology broadband technology Telecommunications devices, lines, or technologies that allow communication over a wide band of frequencies, and especially over a range of frequencies divided into multiple independent channels for the simultaneous transmission of different signals. , other broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). investment will follow. This is a win-win for all consumers in Fresno. Residents should applaud the City Council for their pro-competitive, pro-consumer vote." |
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