Kennard, the cable guy.

Broadcasting & Cable, June, 1999 by McConnell, Bill

Chairman proposes to pre-empt localities on unbundling; otherwise chaos will reign Cable operators last week got a powerful ally in the fight to shield their broadband networks from internet competitors when FCC Chairman William Kennard signaled that he would pre-empt local officials who impose "unbundling" rules At the National Cable Show in Chic ago last week, the industry's response however, was to suggest they would fight their own fight and in the courts rather than through the commission, preferring to win the war outright rather than battle city by city, even with Kennard walking point.

Yes, Kennard won a standing ovation for rebuking? the Portland, Ore., officials who ordered AT&T to open its Internet and data network to competitors....

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