The FCC gave itself another 90 days to act on...
The FCC gave itself another 90 days to act on NCTA’s petition, to forbear from barring combinations of cable systems and CLECs in the same area, before the request is deemed automatically granted. The June 21, 2011, petition to not…
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apply Section 652(b) of the Telecom Act would have been OK'd by default a year later, a Wireline Bureau order said Thursday (http://xrl.us/bm9xv9). The bureau took the option to extend the period three months because the petition “raises significant questions regarding whether forbearance from the application of section 652(b) or 652(d)(6)(B) meets the statutory requirements set forth in section 10(a),” said the order signed by Chief Sharon Gillett. NATOA and NASUCA had opposed the petition, which as an alternative sought forbearance from Section 652(d)(6)(B) that local franchising authorities must approve a merging cable system/CLEC’s request for FCC waiver from the cross-ownership ban (CD Sept 22 p17). Deals involving Comcast and Time Warner Cable have gotten FCC waivers.