Mandatory Access Rules Lead to More Broadband Adoption, FCC Study Says
Mandatory broadband access laws lead to higher residential fixed terrestrial broadband subscription rates, said the FCC Office of Economics and Analytics in a working paper Monday. That may be due to increased consumer choices or to lower costs in supplying…
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broadband, it said. It said generally residents of multi-tenant environments are slightly less likely to subscribe to wireline broadband than non-MTE residents. The working paper doesn't specifically address the San Francisco regulation that's subject of a proposed partial pre-emption at Wednesday's FCC meeting (see 1906180053) but said no state mandatory access laws require building owners make their owned wiring available for sharing by multiple service providers. The working paper said 16 states and the District of Columbia had mandatory access rules at the end of 2016.