By: Mary Pat Regan, president of AT&T Kentucky

Advanced, broadband communication technology is essential to the commonwealth’s future.

That’s the simple message behind Senate Bill 88, the Kentucky Senate’s New Economy Communications Act, which passed the Senate Economic Development, Tourism and Labor Committee this week.

SB 88 is forward-looking legislation that will stimulate investment in the newest technologies by erasing obsolete, monopoly-era regulations, while also protecting consumers and rural areas.