AT&T, Verizon Support FCC's Open Internet Principles

AT&T and Verizon Communications are among the most vocal opponents to Net neutrality regulation, but the phone companies' top lobbyists reiterated at the Supercomm 2009 trade show that they would be alright with some regulation, so long as it isn't too far-reaching. Jim Cicconi, senior executive vice president at AT&T, and Tom Tauke, senior vice president for Public Policy at Verizon Communications, said their companies support the Federal Communications Commission's existing open Internet principles.