News of Note—AT&T, Google and more

> Frost & Sullivan said it recognized AT&T with the “2017 United States Business Metro Carrier Ethernet Services Market Leadership Award” for the operator’s offerings in the sector. Release

> Google is using a new congestion-control algorithm, which it calls BBR (Bottleneck Bandwidth and Round-trip propagation time), to speed up the traffic on its search service. Business Insider article

> Small businesses are significantly less satisfied with their telecom providers than are large enterprise customers, according to a new J.D. Power 2017 U.S. Business Wireline Satisfaction survey. Release