NCTA Statement Regarding Freedom of Speech Week

10/15/2007 -- Statement of Rob Stoddard, Senior Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs, NCTA, Regarding National Freedom of Speech Week

“NCTA and the cable industry strongly support The Media Institute’s objectives in reminding Americans of the importance of free speech to our nation. The First Amendment of our Constitution is the foundation for the diversity of voices so prominent today in the services that cable provides. We salute The Media Institute for reminding us all – through the observance of National Freedom of Speech Week – of the role of freedom of speech in sustaining a free and democratic society.”

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NCTA is the principal trade association for the U.S. cable industry, representing cable operators serving more than 90 percent of the nation's cable television households and more than 200 cable program networks. The cable industry is the nation’s largest broadband provider of high-speed Internet access after investing more than $110 billion over ten years to build a two-way interactive network with fiber optic technology. Cable companies also provide state-of-the-art digital telephone service to millions of American consumers.

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