AT&T: drop net neutrality or U-verse gets it

We expect continuing declines in traditional access lines and in advertising from our print directories, AT&T says. Where available, our U-verse services [which include VoIP] are proving effective in stemming access line losses, and we expect to continue to expand our U-verse service offerings in 2010. The assessment also calls the feature on track to be a $3 billion annual revenue stream by this year.

More importantly, AT&T has put a huge amount of time, effort, and money into U-verse, which competes with cable for millions of broadband consumers. What's AT&T going to do? Slow the only project that even brings it within shouting distance of DOCSIS 3.0 cable systems and Verizon's FiOS? Relegate itself to perpetual last-place ISP, offering nothing but 6Mbps DSL while competitors rent access to 50 and 100Mbps pipes?