US Telecom's McCormick: Three Steps to a Wonderful Life

US TELECOM'S MCCORMICK: THREE STEPS TO A WONDERFUL LIFE
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
USTelecom President Walter McCormick outlined to a Practicing Law Institute crowd in Washington what was being billed as the path to "a wonderful life." That life, said McCormick, was highlighted by "a panoply of new services that are innovative and attractively priced," awaiting widespread video-franchise reform to make that dream a reality. McCormick's is the same path recently outlined and advocated by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin in a speech several weeks ago. Chairman Martin said that the FCC should take three major steps to insure that local franchising authorities are not impeding the rollout of broadband and video price and service competition to cable: 1) Put a 90-day shot clock on local franchising authorities to rule on franchise requests; 2) clamp down on unreasonable and unrelated franchise conditions; and 3) limit build-outs for new service.
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