High Court Agrees to Hear Dispute Over Cable Internet Access

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High Court Agrees to Hear Dispute Over Cable Internet Access

December 3, 2004
  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


Filed at 12:21 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court said Friday it would
consider whether Internet providers should be allowed to
sell their high-speed service over the cable television
system.

Justices will hear two cases challenging a lower ruling
forcing cable companies to open their lines to Internet
competition. That October 2003 decision by the 9th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals has been stayed pending the
outcome of appeals.

At issue is whether cable-based broadband is a
``telecommunications service'' that makes it subject to the
same FCC rules that phone companies must adhere to -- such
as allowing access to independent Internet providers.

The 9th Circuit said yes, and reversed an FCC regulation
passed in March 2002 exempting cable companies from rules
forcing phone carriers to share their networks. The FCC had
reasoned that high-speed Internet over cable was just an
``information service'' that made it different from phone
companies.


Supreme Court: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/


<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Scotus-Internet-
Access.html?ex=1103100081&ei=1&en=11592b3c429469b9>



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