With the FCC expected to act on video franchising rules at its We...
With the FCC expected to act on video franchising rules at its Wed. agenda meeting, USTelecom made a last minute pitch for removing “obstacles” to wireline video competition. Only a few communities have wireline competition “and the obstacles posed…
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by the local franchising process bear a significant part of the blame,” said USTelecom Pres. Walter McCormick in an ex parte letter sent FCC commissioners. “America’s consumers -- particularly in rural areas -- have waited long enough for the many benefits of video competition,” McCormick said. The letter was sent on behalf of 53 small and midsized carriers, he said. “Only a small minority of communities has the benefit of wireline video competition,” wrote the companies, including CenturyTel, Embarq and Windstream: “The obstacles posed by the local franchising process bear a significant part of the blame.” At our deadline, the agenda hadn’t been released yet.