FCC's Texas Visit Sparks Debate Over Video Market

[SOURCE: Technology Daily, AUTHOR: Kimberly Reeves]
Texas made major strides in deregulating video competition last year, but a panel of local stakeholders in the communications market warned the FCC that deregulation must include safeguards. The FCC held an unusual two-day field trip to Keller (TX) last week in order to view the fruits of the Texas Legislature's deregulation of the telecommunications industry last year. North Texas is a test market for high-speed Internet service offered over power lines, as well as fiber-optic and Internet television service.
http://www.njtelecomupdate.com/lenya/telco/live/tb-SAEV1139841389949.html

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* Coalition pushes FCC franchise process
[SOURCE: Telephony Online, AUTHOR: Vince Vittore]
A day after the Federal Communications Commission issued its annual report on video competition, Bell-supported "Consumers for Cable Choice" filed a request asking the FCC to update its cable franchising process. In an 8-page submission, motivated by the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on video franchising, Robert Johnson, C4CC president, asked the commission to expedite the local franchising process and to establish federal rules for what constitutes unreasonable franchise terms. Both actions would increase choice for consumers and bring about numerous other benefits, he said.
http://telephonyonline.com/regulatory/news/FCC_cable_franchise_021306/