8 down; 42 to go

Thu, 10/12/2006 - 10:37 — admin

Media Post Publications recently quoted C4CC executive director Jim Conran on the passage of the California cable competition bill. While Jim was pleased that his home state embraced competition, he said he and the folks at C4CC are still working on the national bill.
He the House had passed a similar bill, but "politics" were holding the Senate from approving it. "There's a level of politics between different factions," he says. "A lot of the Democrats didn't want to give the Republicans an issue to campaign on this November."

He also said many senators are trying to tie Net Neutrality--which commits Internet service providers to providing equal access to all Web sites--to legislation that could relax rules for telecoms hoping to enter the cable television sweepstakes.

"We feel Net Neutrality is a totally separate issue," Conran adds. "But if we have to, there are 42 states to go, and we're going to push on through each of those states."

I'm with you, Jim! 8 down; 42 to go. Let's go get 'em!

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