Friday, June 18, 2010

Will Reclassification Derail FCC's Broadband Plan?

Some at the top level of the Federal Communications Commission may believe a new legal framework for its authority over broadband services will help keep its ambitious National Broadband Plan afloat, but some cable industry policy pundits wonder if the move might produce the opposite effect.

The FCC's reclassification effort could 'totally sidetrack the Commission from getting some pieces of the broadband plan done,' warned Steve Morris, VP and associate general of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association.

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