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Cable Ahead of High-Speed Service Effort

B&C, Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:41 PM

FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell says the cable industry already had a broadband plan that was working to achieve the government's goal of high-speed service to 100 million households by 2020. He was responding to unveiling of the official agency broadband plan. First among McDowell's big concerns is that the plan "opens the door" to reclassifying broadband as a voice service under Title II of the Communications Act.

The plan contains some 200 recommendations, about half to the FCC, the majority of the rest to various other government agencies, with a few action items for Congress. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said that the FCC will act on those items, which include proposed rule making, with the urgency that the broadband challenge demands.

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