Technologie i telekomunikacja · 11.10.2000

Inquiry Concerning High-Speed Access to the Internet Over Cable and Other Facilities

On September 28, 2000, the Commission released a Notice of Inquiry in this docket seeking comment on issues surrounding high-speed access to the Internet provided to subscribers using cable television infrastructure, or so-called "cable modem services." The Commission inquires into what regulatory treatment, if any, should apply to cable modem services and the cable modem platform used in providing such services, and what impact such treatment will have on other providers of high-speed services. The underlying purpose of issuing this Notice of Inquiry is to create a national legal and policy framework for cable modem service that will foster competitive deployment of high-speed services by all providers and instill a degree of regulatory stability that will encourage investment in all high-speed networks. In this proceeding, the Commission will examine whether to continue its present market-based approach and whether and how to introduce a national policy framework for regulating high-speed services.