IP: In Capitol, AT&T and Bells Fight to Control Web Access

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/29/technology/ebusiness/29NET.html

In Capitol, AT&T and Bells Fight to Control Web Access

By LIZETTE ALVAREZ

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 — The country's regional Bell telephone companies and 
the cable giant AT&T (news/quote) are engaged in a furious fight on Capitol 
Hill over the rules managing the rollout of high-speed Internet access into 
Americans' homes, in the process reopening one of the most bitter lobbying 
clashes of the last decade.

The battle is over the two main technologies that give consumers 
high-speed, or broadband, Internet access: cable modem service offered by 
companies like AT&T and digital subscriber lines, or D.S.L., provided by 
phone companies. Both sides say they have consumers' interests at heart.



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