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Ruling could spur competition among Internet providers
A federal appeals court opened the door Monday to additional rules on high-speed Internet access over cable television lines, overturning a Federal Communications Commission decision that competitors say has kept them locked out of the cable systems.
IN AN OPINION issued Monday, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the FCC made a mistake when it classified cable Internet as just an ?information service.?
The judges, basing their ruling on a decision in an earlier case, said cable-based broadband also is a ?telecommunications service,? which under current law would make it subject to the steeper rules of the telephone industry.
A federal appeals court opened the door Monday to additional rules on high-speed Internet access over cable television lines, overturning a Federal Communications Commission decision that competitors say has kept them locked out of the cable systems.
IN AN OPINION issued Monday, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the FCC made a mistake when it classified cable Internet as just an ?information service.?
The judges, basing their ruling on a decision in an earlier case, said cable-based broadband also is a ?telecommunications service,? which under current law would make it subject to the steeper rules of the telephone industry.
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