NCTA Letter to FCC Shows "70-70" Test Hasn't Been Met

Provision Wouldn’t Give FCC Broad Authority to Reregulate Cable

11/13/2007, WASHINGTON, D.C. – National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) President & CEO Kyle McSlarrow today sent a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and the four Commissioners regarding recent press reports that the so-called “70/70” test in Section 612(g) of the Communications Act has been met and that the finding will be used to assert broad new authority to reregulate the cable industry.

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“Manipulating data to justify an unsupportable interpretation of regulatory authority does a serious disservice to consumers at a time when the FCC actually has many other important duties it is clearly bound to perform.”

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.

Source: National Cable & Telecommunications Association