Conn. CLEC Wants SNET's Cable Biz.(Connecticut Telephone, Southern New England Telecommunications)(Brief Article)

Multichannel News, September, 2000 by HAUGSTED, LINDA

Connecticut Telephone, a small competitive local-exchange carrier, asked state regulators to back its move to assume the cable operations of Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. But Connecticut Telephone has apparently not yet approached SNET to see if the telco would consider selling the plant.

"We would think that Connecticut Telephone would have contacted someone at SNET before going to the [Department of Public Utility Control] and having their attorneys issue a press release," SNET spokeswoman Beverly Levy said in a prepared statement. Since no one at SNET or its parent company, SBC Communications Inc., has been contacted directly by the competitor, SNET can't comment further, she added. SNET obtained a statewide cable franchise --...

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