House Schedules Telecom Reform Bill Hearing

HOUSE SCHEDULES VIDEO FRANCHISE HEARING BILL
[SOURCE: House Commerce Committee]
The House Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet has scheduled a hearing Thursday morning to consider a committee print on the Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006, a yet to be introduced bill. The bill would make it easier for telephone companies like Verizon and AT&T to offer video and broadband Internet service in competition to cable and satellite by helping them bypass often-contentious local franchise negotiations.
http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/Hearings/03302006hearing1823/hearing...

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