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Comcast Cable Pres. Brian Roberts told NARUC audience that his co...

Comcast Cable Pres. Brian Roberts told NARUC audience that his company and others in cable industry were betting billions of dollars that people would want more connectivity for broadband service from facilities-based competitor to incumbent telcos. “If you [regulators]…

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believe facilities- based competition is the best competition, we [cable] are the ones that can do it faster because we're already making the investments,” he said. Roberts said FCC wisely had avoided broadband regulation to let that business grow: “We strongly endorse this view.” He warned that local barriers such as excessive right-of-way requirements and excessive pole attachment fees by utilities would retard cable broadband and cable telephony growth. “Pole attachments, in particular, are one area where the states can help us,” he said.