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Article: IP telephony: a regulatory jump ball. (Policy).(Brief Article)
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- July 8, 2002
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A few years back, when cable operators began to offer high-speed data, the industry assumed the offering was a cable service -- a regulatory classification with which both MSOs and local regulators were comfortable.
After years of litigation, though, it turned out that both the cable industry and local governments had made the wrong assumption. In March, the Federal Communications Commission declared cable-modem service an information service, and launched a rulemaking to decide what types of regulations should apply to it.
History might be about to repeat itself.
Two weeks ago, Comcast Corp. said it would install the technology to deliver ...