Telco bills re-emerge.
Multichannel News, January, 2006 by Haugstead, Linda
Telephone-company backed efforts to change cable franchise rules are revving up in several states, including a race in Virginia between a Verizon Communications Inc.-backed measure and one drafted and supported by cable operators. Virginia is just one of the states where the issue has been resurrected.
A telco-backed bill was presented last legislative session, but cable lobbyists were able to convince lawmakers that there was not enough debate time to vet such a complicated issue as telecommunications reform. The issue will resurface this session in New Jersey, too, where a bill enabling statewide video franchising wasn't acted on in the Legislature's last, lame-duck session. Bills on the subject have been submitted for the new session beginning...
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