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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedWhat's in a name? For cable-modem service, 'information service' means plenty. (Washington).(Federal Communications Commission)(Brief Article)
Broadcasting & Cable, February, 2002 by McConnell, Bill
After years of uncertainty in the courts and Congress, the FCC is expected in the next few weeks to chart its course on regulation of cable Internet and other broadband services. Although conventional wisdom has long held that the commissioners believe they have the power to force cable systems to offer unaffiliated Internet service providers, they won't exercise that controversial option.
That call comes from a proposal the FCC is expected to unveil at its meeting March 14. Industry sources say the agency plans to classify cable-modem service as an "information service," a move that would bring big relief to the industry because it would deny local franchise authorities and other municipal regulators the power to impose ISP-access conditions...
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