BellSouth Applauds House Passage of Telecom Bill

BellSouth Applauds House Passage of Telecom Bill

WASHINGTON, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- BACKGROUND -- The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act of 2006.

The following statement may be attributed to Herschel Abbott, BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) vice president governmental affairs:

"We congratulate and thank Chairman Barton and Representative Rush for shepherding this legislation through the House. We look forward to Senate action so that legislation can be signed by the President this year.

"Completion of video franchise legislation will allow faster rollout of a video service that can provide another competitive alternative to cable, offering the kind of customer service and quality that customers demand.

"Given the amount of debate over so called 'net neutrality' during consideration of this bill, let me again assure consumers that BellSouth will not block or degrade access to any legal content on the internet. Net neutrality is a phony issue and it ought to be laid to rest by today's vote."

Source: BellSouth Corporation

CONTACT: Bill McCloskey, Director - Media Relations of BellSouth Corp.,
Voice, +1-202-463-4129, or Fax, +1-202-463-4612, or Pager, +1-800-742-6803,
PIN: 170 140 45, or Cingular interactive pager: billm@imcingular.com

Web site: http://www.bellsouth.com/

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