NCTA Says Now is No Time to Change Low-Cost Waivers for Set-Tops

The National Cable & Telecommunications Association reminded the Federal Communications Commission Thursday that it has "long recognized" that waivers for low-cost, limited function set-tops were in the public interest and this is no time to change that policy. In opposing the waiver, Public Knowledge and others argued that it had "opened the floodgates to similar requests that, together, threaten to "lock consumers into low-cost, low-function set-tops that would frustrate both consumers and the intent of Congress."