EarthLink Statement on Supreme Court Decision on FCC Brand X Appeal

EarthLink Statement on Supreme Court Decision on FCC Brand X Appeal

ATLANTA, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The following statement is in response to today's Supreme Court decision to grant the Federal Communications Commission's petition for certiorari (review) of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' October 2003 ruling on cable modem services in the case of Brand X v. FCC, and is attributable to Dave Baker, EarthLink (NASDAQ:ELNK) vice president of law and public policy:

"We are confident that we will prevail on the merits and that the Supreme Court will affirm the Ninth Circuit's ruling that cable modem service contains a telecommunications service. This will settle the matter once and for all, and finally give cable modem users a choice in high-speed Internet providers."

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Source: EarthLink

CONTACT: David Blumenthal of EarthLink, +1-404-748-7316, or
blumenthald@corp.earthlink.net

Web site: http://www.earthlink.net/


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