AT&T joins net neutrality protest—despite suing to block neutrality rules

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AT&T says it is joining a big protest to save net neutrality-even though the company previously sued the US Federal Communications Commission in a failed attempt to get the commission's rules thrown out.

"Tomorrow, AT&T will join the 'Day of Action' for preserving and advancing an open Internet," AT&T Senior Executive VP Bob Quinn wrote in a blog post this afternoon.

"This may seem like an anomaly to many people who might question why AT&T is joining with those who have differing viewpoints on how to ensure an open and free Internet," Quinn acknowledged. But that's the point AT&T is making: the company claims to support an "open Internet" even though it opposes the current FCC rules designed to protect the open Internet.

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