Minutes after her confirmation by the United States Senate was announced on Tuesday, Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley wrote a letter to newly confirmed Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel asking her to take swift action to hold telecommunications giant AT&T accountable for false claims of service.
Commissioner Presley is asking Rosenworcel to follow up on a written request from all three Mississippi Public Service Commissioners in 2020 for a full compliance audit and investigation regarding AT&T’s claims of providing service to over 133,000 locations in Mississippi as part of their obligation under the Connect America Fund II.
Presley has pointed out AT&T received over $280,000,000 in free government funds to provide service in Mississippi under obligations of the program. Presley personally issued an investigative subpoena in 2020 for documents related to AT&T’s service claims.
“I congratulate Chair Rosenworcel on being confirmed as the first female chair of the FCC," Presley said. "One of her first moves should be to require an audit of AT&T related to the claims of service for broadband and cellular telephones and act upon a letter we sent last year and evidence we possess at the Mississippi PSC.”
Presley went on to say one of the key roles of government is oversight of large public companies that have the power and means to use their size to burden consumers.
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