Free State Foundation President Randolph May reiterated his...
Free State Foundation President Randolph May reiterated his call Monday for a Communications Act overhaul. He recently had advocated for such an overhaul before Congress at a hearing on the IP transition (CD Oct 24 p1). The overhaul should substitute…
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“a deregulatory, free market-oriented regime for the current public utility-style regulatory mandates,” May said in an op-ed for CNET News (http://cnet.co/1b05w9J). May also praised HR-2649, introduced earlier this fall by House Communications Subcommittee Vice Chairman Bob Latta, R-Ohio, which proposes an end to the integration ban requiring cable operators to use CableCARDs instead of built-in security in set-top boxes. The bill would require “the FCC to presume that relief from existing regulations should be granted to the telephone companies, absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary,” May noted. “This measure establishing a deregulatory presumption could be a useful tool in enabling the FCC to accelerate the IP transition, especially if applied to all entities subject to FCC regulation.”