- Martin Takes Charge at FCC
Washington— Is there anyone wired to the D.C. power grid who has needed to change his business card more often than Kevin Martin? In the past 12 years, Martin has held nine jobs, the biggest one coming through last week when President Bush promoted him to chairman of the Federal ......
- Cable Seeks Deregulation for Modems
Washington— Over the last decade, the cable industry has gone before the Supreme Court several times, on topics including TV-station carriage, editorial control of public and leased-access channels, the blocking of porn channels and the fees paid to fasten cable lines to telephone poles. All interesting questions — but nothing ......
- Martin Needs Brand X Clarity
San Francisco— New Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin considers broadband policy a top priority, but his agenda in this area will likely be shaped by the Supreme Court decision in the Brand X Internet Services case, a Martin aide said at the National Show here on last Tuesday. “Broadband ......
- Telco Told: Lease Cable
Connecticut regulators have issued a draft order that could compel telco SNET to provide access to its former cable plant to Gemini Networks, a competitive wholesale broadband-access provider. In a preliminary decision issued Nov. 3, the state Department of Public Utility Control found that Gemini's lack of access to the ......
- Comcast Enters Home Stretch Kept Under Wraps at FCC
Comcast Corp. president Brian Roberts last week met with top Federal Communications Commission officials in an effort to keep confidential the terms of a broadband-carriage deal that AOL Time Warner Inc. reached in August with his MSO and AT&T Corp. Upset that AT&T and Comcast — partners in what would ......
- Copps on ‘Neutrality’
Washington— The Federal Communications Commission has authority under current law to ensure that broadband access providers, today mainly cable and phone companies, do not discriminate against Web-based providers of content, search services, and applications, FCC commissioner Michael Copps said last Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, Copps stressed that the agency needed ......
- Cable Has to Like ‘Brand X’ Case Chances
Washington — The odds favor cable in the Supreme Court. The high court has agreed to hear a case that could decide whether cable companies have to open their lines to competing Internet-service providers, just like the Baby Bells. As cable and phone companies battle for high-speed data customers, cable ......