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AT&T Files Lawsuit To Delay Google Fiber Deployment in Louisville

AT&T filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Louisville, Kentucky, Thursday to slow Google Fiber's attempt to deploy its gigabit service in that city, the court document said. Louisville recently voted to allow the deployment of Google Fiber…

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and streamline the pole attachment process. The Louisville/Jefferson County Metro government's ordinance is invalid, AT&T said, because it's pre-empted by FCC pole attachment regulations. AT&T also argued that under Kentucky law, only the state Public Service Commission has jurisdiction to regulate pole attachments.