Cable Not Planning to Drop PEG, I-Net Services, NCTA Says

NCTA and localities disagree about cable's ask for clarification of FCC denial of a stay of local franchise authority order (see 1911130021). NCTA in an FCC docket 05-311 posting Monday said locality interests show no basis for denying the petition, nor do they show how to reconcile seemingly inconsistent sections. The association said localities' "alarmist claim" the petition is evidence cable operators plan to abruptly end institutional networks or carrying public, educational and government services "is baseless." NATOA, the National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors, National Association of Counties, National Association of Towns and Townships and National Association of Regional Councils said key sentences in the denial order can't be removed without upending its conclusions.