Why Is It Taking So Long to Get Broadband to all of West County?

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Written By Alejandra Cruz

Source: Sebastopol Times |By Roger Coryell

The same day, the judge, Linda Lopez, let the groups hand the court a brief with their views. AT&T had tried to block even that. Now the groups want more: the right to make their own arguments and to appeal if they lose, instead of leaving the defense to state officials. The judge hasn’t said yes or no yet.

There’s a new turn in the fight over AT&T’s plan to shut off its old copper phone lines.  On July 15, four groups asked a federal judge in San Diego to let them join AT&T’s lawsuit and fight on California’s side. The four are a group that speaks for the state’s rural counties, a consumer group called TURN, another that speaks for all of California’s counties, and the union for phone workers. Sonoma County is one of the 40 counties the rural group represents.

 
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