A group of Chicago area ministers are accusing SBC of "digital discrimination", charging the company intends to avoid wiring less affluent neighborhoods with their next-gen broadband services (Project Lightspeed aka U-Verse). "SBC is planning to deprive poorer customers of access to $6 billion in vital new technology," says Rev. James L. Demus III of MAADD (Ministerial Alliance Against the Digital Divide). "We urge municipalities to stand firm and demand that SBC sign contracts that require it not to cherry-pick customers."