Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) on Monday introduced a bill that would lower the barriers for phone companies to offer video programming. Telecom titans like AT&T and Verizon lobbied for legislation that would make it easier to get local franchises from thousands of municipalities to offer video over their new, high-speed networks.
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Legislators Debate Broadband Deployment Act
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire May 2, 2006 09:27 AMSenate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) on Monday introduced a bill that would lower the barriers for phone companies to offer video programming. Telecom titans like AT&T and Verizon lobbied for legislation that would make it easier to get local franchises from thousands of municipalities to offer video over their new, high-speed networks.