U.S. Appropriations Subcommittee Chair, Jose Serrano, (D-NY) last week challenged the FCC to resolve the issue of AT&T's discriminatory treatment of public, educational and government (PEG) Access. "Despite many petitions and comments in the record...the FCC has failed to fix the problem," said Serrano.
 
Closer to home, it's been 18 months since Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan launched an investigation into this matter, but no enforcement has taken place.
 
This month marks three years since The Cable and Video Competition Law of 2007 was signed into law in Illinois, promising equivalent audio and video signal quality and functionality for PEG access. AT&T's U-Verse system doesn't meet basic quality or functionality standards for PEG. U-Verse subscribers can't surf PEG channels or make a simple DVR recording. PEG channels are hard for viewers to access and don't appear on program guides.
 
Illinois law has regulations in place to protect the public.
 
Enforcement is long overdue.