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BROADBAND
SAN FRANCISCO TRANSFERS CABLE SYSTEM TO AT&T, TO REVISIT OPEN-ACCESS ISSUE
Issue: Broadband
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted yesterday that it will adhere to the
ruling of the upcoming Portland Appeals Court case regarding opening access to
cable lines for rival Internet service providers. The Board said they would
file an amicus brief supporting Portland's open access decision and will
revisit the issue in December. The vote followed intense lobbying on both sides
of this issue. AT&T suggested it would be reluctant to continue improving San
Francisco's system if the vote went in the wrong direction. (no, that's not a
threat