Tell Cities No Duplicative Right-of-Way Fees on Cable Systems, NCTA Urges FCC
Communities such as Rochester, New York, and Milwaukie, Oregon, are exceeding and violating the cable franchise fee caps for cable operators, highlighting the need for the FCC to move quickly and affirm such fees are legally barred or else they…
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will just proliferate, NCTA said in a docket 05-311 posting Thursday. The FCC hasn't specifically addressed such fee limits, so state and local governments keep imposing duplicative right-of-way fees on provision of non-cable services over cable systems beyond the 5 percent cable franchise fee cap Congress established, NCTA said. The cities didn't comment.