Angry BellSouth Withdrew Donation, New Orleans Says
Yet another example of spiteful, monopolistic, knee-jerk reactionism by telcos in an effort to maintain complete control of an area's revenue stream.
Jonathan Krim writes in The Washington Post:
Hours after New Orleans officials announced Tuesday that they would deploy a city-owned, wireless Internet network in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, regional phone giant BellSouth Corp. withdrew an offer to donate one of its damaged buildings that would have housed new police headquarters, city officials said yesterday.
According to the officials, the head of BellSouth's Louisiana operations, Bill Oliver, angrily rescinded the offer of the building in a conversation with New Orleans homeland security director Terry Ebbert, who oversees the roughly 1,650-member police force.
City officials said BellSouth was upset about the plan to bring high-speed Internet access for free to homes and businesses to help stimulate resettlement and relocation to the devastated city.
posted by Fergie @ 12/04/2005 09:25:00 AM
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