FCC holds up SBC's Dereg bid: Telco seeks ruling that would make IPTV Exempt from cable-like restrictions.
Multichannel News, December, 2004 by Hearn, Ted
WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators will take another 90 days to review a request from SBC Communications Inc. that could set the stage for large phone companies to offer video programming without complying with traditional cable regulations. SBC has asked the Federal Communications Commission to declare that its Internet-protocol services should not be regulated like traditional telephone services--including requirements to grant access to competing Internet-service providers at nondiscriminatory rates.
CABLE-LIKE STATUS SBC is essentially asking for the same kind of broadband regulatory freedom that all cable operators that provide high-speed data service, except Time Warner Cable, enjoy today. SBC filed the petition in February under a law...
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