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" <declan@well.com> To: <cypherpunks@lne.com> 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