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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedCable states its pole position.(cable television industry seeks preservation of pole-attachment rules)(Brief Article)
Broadcasting & Cable, October, 2001 by McConnell, Bill
NCTA asks high court to preserve pole-attachment cap for Internet Service Utilities could stall introduction of high-speed Internet service if they are allowed to boost the rates that operators pay to share their power poles. That was the message from government and cable-industry attorneys to the Supreme Court last week.
The justices are weighing whether Congress granted the FCC authority to cap pole-attachment rates when cable companies offer Internet service or whether the existing cap applies only to lines used to carry TV programming and telephony. If the court bars the FCC from capping rates on lines used for both TV programming and cable Internet, franchises that continue to offer Internet service could be forced to pay several billion...
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