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Tuesday, March 11, 2003
Arrogance or Ignorance?
Dan Gillmor points out a newspaper interview with SBC's chairman Ed Whitacre.
Dan says, among other things, the following: "Is there a more arrogant corporate chief in American [sic] than SBC Communication's Ed Whitacre? "
I don't know, reading the article I was more struck by the man's (Whitacre's) ignorance.
He's commenting on the February 2003 changes to the Telecommunications Act of 1996 -- the most important telecommuncations actions since the 1996 act. And Whitacre is the head of the one of the three monster telecom companies (along with Verizon and one other - I'm not certain) -- and SBC is probably the biggest.
Whitace's response to a reporter's question about the February changes?
The [San Francisco] Chronicle: What's your impression of last month's FCC ruling?
Whitacre: It's terrible. I haven't seen the order yet. Everything I've seen is based on a two-page summary.
Whitacre: It's terrible. I haven't seen the order yet. Everything I've seen is based on a two-page summary.
He's the head of the largest telecommunications company in the country and he has not read the order yet? He bases everything on a two-page summary? Agreed, he's a busy guy, but come on....
And at the same time he spouts that the order is "terrible" he admits he has not read it.
Not exactly a creditable response, to me.