L.A. will require AT&T to pay franchise fee on cable modem servic...
L.A. will require AT&T to pay franchise fee on cable modem service, said Paul Janis, exec. officer of city’s Information Technology Agency. City hasn’t responded to company’s letter requesting waiver of franchise fee, he said, but it has taken…
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position that only possible way it could be liable for class action lawsuits for refund would be if it required AT&T to collect franchise fees from subscribers. AT&T had asked cities wanting to continue to assess franchise fees on cable-delivered Internet service to sign agreement acknowledging potential refund liability. “We are requiring only that AT&T pay the fees, not collect it from subscribers,” Janis said. Several cities, including Lakewood, Cal., and Portland, Ore., have rejected proposal for waiver.