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"According to The Wall Street Journal, AT&amp;amp;T is \"seen as likely to win a reprieve from the Federal Communications Commission from having to comply with some rules in the commercial broadband market.\" As expected, a number of smaller telecommunications companies are vehemently opposed to the petition, as they suggest that it would \"allow AT&amp;amp;T to be excused from rules which give them access to AT&amp;amp;T's network.\" The FCC has until midnight tonight to make a decision, and it currently looks as though the vote would swing in AT&amp;amp;T's favor three to two. Notably, the outfit may have to agree to \"stricter regulation over the special-access market, which provides high-volume voice and data services to large commercial customers\" if the reprieve is in fact granted. [Warning: read link requires subscription]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/11/atandt-could-win-reprieve-from-fccs-broadband-rules/>