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Article: Here come telcos, says Hill; watch out, says NCTA's Roberts. (Capitol Hill, National Cable Television Association, Dick Roberts)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- December 6, 1993
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Key staffers predict telco entry legislation will be law of land by next year; NCTA wants slow and monitored approach, says phone companies could kill competition
Competition may be closer than you think.
Key Hill staffers at a Western Cable Show panel last week predicted that legislation allowing local telephone companies and cable systems to compete with each other would become law next year.
Such legislation enjoys strong bipartisan support and is being driven by events - telco plans to build new networks capable of transmitting video, mergers and joint ventures between telcos and cable operators and court rulings lowering the barriers to ...