Comments on the Video Device Recommendations in the National Broadband Plan

[Commentary] A gateway approach is certainly one of several approaches that should be thought through, and we are pleased that the Broadband Plan acknowledges that "functional equivalents" should also be reviewed. But, while we are committed to working constructively with the FCC on this and related issues, we still firmly believe that technology mandates should be a last resort. And to meet different consumer demands and needs, it is important that innovation be encouraged by both MVPDs and third party manufacturers. Proposals to "disaggregate" a service purchased by a customer, and provided by a MVPD, over-the-top or other service, would undercut the very premise of innovation we should want, and are likely to fail.