FCC removes report on AT&T/T-Mobile merger - Looking for original [telecom]

- forwarding over as the original discussion is semi-public, and he's asking for help in finding an original, unredacted, copy.

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:29:17 -0800 From: PRIVACY Forum mailing list To: snipped-for-privacy@vortex.com Subject: [ PRIVACY Forum ] FCC removes report on AT&T/T-Mobile merger - Is the replacement version the same?

FCC removes report on AT&T/T-Mobile merger - Is the replacement version the same? http://j.mp/rHEMch (This message on Google+)

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Yesterday I noted the availability of a long FCC report explaining why they felt the AT&T/T-Mobile merger was not in the pubic interest. Various observers have interpreted the report as the FCC calling AT&T a liar regarding various issues. AT&T condemned the release of the report.

This morning I was flooded with messages noting a 404 on the relevant FCC link.

The original report was (as far as I can tell now) at:

This link is indeed now dead.

Until a few minutes ago, the cover letter for the report continued to exist at:

But that link has also now gone dead, though the Google Search results for that URL still show that it was originally present.

The report now is available at:

This version shows significant blocks of redacted "Confidential Information" and does not appear to be text searchable.

I did not have time yesterday to go through the report at the original location in detail.

I would appreciate it if anyone who has a local copy of the report from the original location, would confirm to me that the report from both locations were identical -- in particular that the redactions noted in the current version were present in the version that the FCC apparently removed from its original URL.

Thanks much.

--Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ( snipped-for-privacy@vortex.com):

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