SBC says appointing Gore-for-pres chief as president "signals the importance of governmental matters to our company's ability to grow revenues"

[Jon Beets]

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 at well.com>
To: <cypherpunks at 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