Court Ruling Points Way To Broadband Regulation

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday April 1, 2004 @04:36PM from the which-way-is-the-highway? dept.

DarkHelmet writes "An article on CNET News indicates: 'A U.S. appeals court has rejected the Federal Communications Commission's request to rehear a case, in a move that could prompt local governments to regulate the cable industry.' The piece explains: 'The rejection could pave the way for municipalities to force cable companies to share their broadband Internet lines with third parties.' I personally can't wait for companies like Speakeasy to branch into the Cable Internet market and provide 10-100mbps service."

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Re:just talking about this . . . by lavaface · 2004-04-01 17:48 · Score: 0, Redundant

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Deregulation? by H8X55 · 2004-04-01 18:12 · Score: 0, Redundant

Court Ruling Points Way To Broadband Regulation

'The rejection could pave the way for municipalities to force cable companies to share their broadband Internet lines with third parties.'

Wouldn't that be deregulation?