The FCC Wireline Bureau established separate...

July 30, 2014 |State Telecom

The FCC Wireline Bureau established separate dockets Monday for the petitions Chattanooga’s Electric Power Board (14-115) and the city government of Wilson, North Carolina (14-116), filed last week asking the FCC to pre-empt portions of state laws in Tennessee and North Carolina restricting municipal broadband (http://bit.ly/1rxa8fV). Both cities claim the restrictions inhibit them from extending their existing broadband services to adjacent areas that are seeking to receive those services (CD July 25 p18). Comments on the petitions are due Aug. 29 and replies are due Sept. 29.