Light Reading has a informative write-up on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision to not vote on the merger today. This is the second time the FCC has delayed the vote.

Additionally, NuVox Communications and XO Communications filed an emergency motion with the FCC urging disclosure of AT&T's middle-of-the-night effort to force approval of it's pending merger with Bellsouth.

The motion points out that a top AT&T lawyer, Robert Quinn, stated: "We have put a full set of conditions on the table that are reasonable and protect consumers. I want a deal with these guys; we want a 4-0 vote." This was quoted yesterday in a story by Reuters titled, "AT&T offers concessions to get FCC OK on BellSouth."

Those conditions were provided to at least one FCC commissioner. However, AT&T's conditions were not filed in the public docket as required by FCC rules, thus preventing the public the opportunity to counter AT&T's advocacy.

The motion put forth by NuVox and XO states that AT&T should not be able to engage in dealing outside of the public eye.