Statement of Kyle McSlarrow, President & CEO, NCTA, Regarding Comcast and BitTorrent Collaboration on Network Management

3/27/2008 -- Kyle McSlarrow, President & CEO, NCTA:

“The initiative announced today by Comcast and BitTorrent is an important step forward that benefits consumers. We applaud both companies for their willingness to work together on immediate solutions to challenges like traffic management, and for their leadership in working with other industries to look for opportunities that will continue to ensure a vibrant Internet. Government interference in the development of this market could easily foreclose or otherwise prevent the emergence of efforts such as this one, and it could never anticipate the kinds of consumer-responsive approaches that further improve and enhance the user experience, including efforts to respect the rights of copyright owners and to fight piracy. Our industry will remain a constructive partner with Internet applications and technology companies in order to ensure that our customers continue to have what they have today: the best broadband experience in America.”

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 $130 billion 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

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