ISP Bid Raises Basic Buy-Through Issue.(FCC will have to rule if Internet Service Providers can use cable networks)(Brief Article)
Multichannel News, June, 1999 by HEARN, TED
WASHINGTON -- Cable operators might have to change the way they market high-speed Internet access if the Federal Communications Commission rules that operators have to lease channels to third-party Internet-service providers, according to cable industry sources. Under current FCC rules, cable operators are allowed to sell @Home Network and Road Runner as stand-alone products.
That's unusual, because the commission won't allow systems to sell Home Box Office or Showtime individually unless the subscriber has purchased the basic tier first. The FCC said high-speed cable services were exempt from the basic-tier buy-through requirement because such services are not "video programming" as defined in the Communications Act. Video programming is...
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