Update, FCC adopts local Telco relief package
In a 3-to-2 vote, a divided FCC approved a plan to make it easier for local Telecom companies to enter the delivery of video to the home market and make it more difficult for local municipalities to delay the approval of franchise agreements.
“This means an end to the automatic skyrocketing in cable prices and means greater choice in service and programming,” said David Fish, a Verizon spokesman.
The two dissenting Commissioners, Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein both indicated there was a lack of direct evidence that localities were impeding telephone companies' rolling out new TV services.
