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AT&T Using Calling Cards to Diss E-Rate

Have they no shame? AT&T is using ads on their own calling cards to lobby against the E-rate in an oily attempt to weasel out of $160 million they owe the public. The ads must be listened to before the hapless dialer can continue placing a call. AT&T’s calling-card advert–described off-line as a lengthy “diatribe,” according to one librarian in Arkansas who told FRL she used one of these cards yesterday–does not mention the Universal Service Fund.

See this statement by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Stevens:

http://commerce.senate.gov/newsroom/printable.cfm?id=232004

Includes an 11-minute MP3 of Stevens’ statements worth listening to as you wrap up your Friday afternoon.

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This was written by K.G. Schneider. Posted on Friday, February 11, 2005, at 2:43 pm. Filed under Hot Tech. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.