Commissioner Pai’s Remarks On the 100th Anniversary of the Kingsbury Commitment Share Share LinkedIn X Facebook Permalink By Media Law Prof Blog December 28, 2013 Link here. In a letter from Nathan Kingsbury, a V.P. of AT&T to the U.S. Attorney General, AT&T agreed to certain terms in order to avoid a government takeover of the company. More here from Bloomberg Businessweek about the early history of AT&T and its relationship with independent phone systems and with the government.