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06-27-2005, 09:00 AM
US court overturns ruling on cable Internet lines
Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:06 AM ET
WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday overturned a ruling that cable high-speed Internet lines must be opened to rival online service providers.
By a 6-3 vote, the justices overturned a U.S. appeals court ruling that cable high-speed Internet service, known as broadband, has a telecommunications component and is subject to traditional telephone network access requirements.
The appeals court had overturned a Federal Communications Commission decision in 2002 that cable broadband was an information service and therefore free from most traditional telephone service rules, like requirements to lease network access to rivals.
Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:06 AM ET
WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday overturned a ruling that cable high-speed Internet lines must be opened to rival online service providers.
By a 6-3 vote, the justices overturned a U.S. appeals court ruling that cable high-speed Internet service, known as broadband, has a telecommunications component and is subject to traditional telephone network access requirements.
The appeals court had overturned a Federal Communications Commission decision in 2002 that cable broadband was an information service and therefore free from most traditional telephone service rules, like requirements to lease network access to rivals.