Cablers Seek AT&T-BellSouth Conditions.
Multichannel News, October, 2006 by Hearn, Ted
By Ted Hearn Washington- Five major cable companies last week asked for conditions on AT&T Corp.'s merger with BellSouth Corp. to ensure that the combined phone giants cannot discriminate against cable's competing digital phone service. Those seeking conditions were Advance/Newhouse Communications, Charter Communications Inc., Cablevision Systems Corp., Cox Communications Inc.
and Insight Communications Co. Each has introduced voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) telephone service to cable subscribers. In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, the cable operators said some of the conditions they want should apply to all cable VoIP providers, meaning cable's biggest players - Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable - would benefit without...
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