CONNECTICUT AG CALLS AT&T MENACE TO PUBLIC'S SAFETY

摘要

Connecticut's attorney general rebuked AT&T for what he called threatening public-safety communications and other utilities through an eight-year failure to meet state service and repair standards. The Department of Public Utility Control should compel better performance, by imposing fines if necessary, AG Richard Blumenthal said. "DPUC requires AT&T to repair 90 percent of its out-of-service lines within 24 hours of reporting," Blumenthal said. "In seven years, the company has never reached 90 percent. In only three months did AT&T reach more than 80 percent. During 43 months, the results were below 60 percent, and for 16 months, the results were below 50 percent." Power lines use the same poles as AT&T does, so the telco's service and repair work "threatens electricity reliability," he said. AT&T spokesman Dave Mancuso said the company rejects Blumenthal's criticism. "If the attorney general or the governor or anyone else in Connecticut has a problem with our level of service, they are simply not aware of the facts," he said.