Article: Project Lightspeed gains ground Naperville working on deal to allow new AT&T service.(News)

Byline: Jake Griffin Daily Herald Staff Writer

Naperville moved a step closer to becoming the first Illinois city to allow AT&T's controversial Project Lightspeed into resident's homes.

Much like cable companies, which offer television, Internet and phone services through cable lines, Project Lightspeed offers the same services through phone lines.

However, AT&T claims it's not a cable company and shouldn't have to follow the strict federal guidelines governing cable companies. Officials from Comcast and Wide Open West - which already operate in Naperville - contend not regulating AT&T's new service like a cable company would be unfair to their ...

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