Telecom Bill Foes Step Up Protest

TELECOM FOES STEP UP PROTEST
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The Manhattan Neighborhood Network, which administers the public access cable TV channels in New York, is taking its protest of new video franchise reform to the steps of City Hall. The group claims that the bill dismantles channels like the ones it oversees, strips the city of oversight for protection of customers and rights of way, and will create a "tiered 'pay-as-you-go' Internet system," among other things. As a result, it is supporting a city council resolution, introduced by a number of councils members, opposing the House and Senate telecom bills and urging the New York congressional delegations to do likewise. The resolution had 10 principle co-sponsors at press time.
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