Cable expects favorable data order.(FCC)(Brief Article)

Multichannel News, January, 2002 by Haugsted, Linda

Cable lobbyists are all but certain that the Federal Communications Commission is no more than a month or two away from handing the industry a victory over proponents of mandatory access to cable's high-speed Internet platform. But the win could lead to legal challenges and numerous skirmishes with local regulators.

Over the past few years, the cable industry has vigorously campaigned against government-imposed access, and that effort is apparently close to paying off with an FCC ruling that would keep cable-modem service unregulated. According to various sources, the FCC is planning to conclude that after studying the issue formally since September 2000, data-over-cable is an information service rather than a cable service or a...

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