Oh great.. I wonder if this will improve relations or just make things worse for those of us trying to compete with SBC on DSL? Probably the latter...
Jon Beets Pacer Communications ----- Original Message ----- From: "Declan McCullagh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 9:24 AM Subject: SBC says appointing Gore-for-pres chief as president "signals the importance of governmental matters to our company's ability to grow revenues" > 11/19. SBC named William > Daley its new President. Daley will report directly to SBC's > Chairman and CEO Edward Whitacre. > > SBC is the incumbent local exchange carrier in California, > Nevada, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, > Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Indiana. SBC also holds a > majority equity interest in Cingular Wireless. > > Daley was former President Bill Clinton's Secretary of > Commerce from January 1997 to June 2000. He resigned in June 2000 to become > Chairman of former Vice President Al Gore's > presidential campaign. Whitacre stated in a release that "His appointment > as president of SBC signals the > importance of governmental matters to our company's ability to > grow revenues ..." > > release: > http://www.sbc.com/News_Center/1,3950,31,00.html?query=20011119-1