Set-Top Box Rules Shouldn't Regulate ISP Facilities, Says NTCA
The FCC should refrain from adopting any regulation on the provision of broadband Internet access services in the context of the set-top box proceeding, said NTCA in a meeting with aides to Chairman Tom Wheeler Tuesday, according to an ex…
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parte filing in docket 16-42. “The mere fact that an ISP might happen also to be a multichannel video programming distributor does not enable the use of Section 629 to regulate equipment and facilities not actually used in video programming distribution,” NTCA said. Nothing in the congressional directives on regulating the retail set-top market gives the FCC authority to regulate the facilities of an ISP, NTCA said.