AT&T, ALEC, FCC, Part 2: The AT&T FCC Petition is ALEC Model Legislation.
In 2009, AT&T et al got the FCC to create a group within the FCC's Technological Advisory Council (TAC) to start the process of "sunsetting" — i.e., closing down America's utility networks — the Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTN). As we …