Category: MDUJuly 17, 2008 Verizon Receives New York PSC Approval to Offer FiOS in All Five BoroughsAfter many months of hard work, Verizon has received the New York Public Service Commission’s approval of a franchise agreement to provide its FiOS cable service in all five boroughs of the city. The approval came yesterday, and follows on … Continue Reading… March 20, 2008 FCC Order Bans Exclusive Telecom Contracts with MDUsYesterday morning, the Federal Communications Commission adopted an Order which bans exclusive service contracts from being entered between a provider of telecommunications services and an owner of a multiple dwelling unit (”MDU”), like an apartment building. The Order has … Continue Reading…
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March 6, 2008 Court Denies Stay of FCC’s MDU OrderThe United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has denied the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s (”NCTA”) Motion for Stay of the FCC’s November 13, 2007 MDU Order. In that Order, the FCC determined that the prospective … Continue Reading… November 21, 2007 Multiple Dwelling Unit Owners Consider FCC OrderAfter keeping the issue under its microscope for about a decade, the Federal Communications Commission recently ruled that “exclusive provider” clauses in existing agreements between Multiple Dwelling Unit owners and incumbent cable companies are unenforceable. As previewed in BloggingBROADBAND, the FCC … Continue Reading… October 30, 2007 Speculation Continues Over FCC’s Upcoming Order to End Exclusive Cable Deals with Multiple Dwelling UnitsBoth the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times are reporting that the FCC will take action to eliminate the exclusive deals that many big cable … Continue Reading… |
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