Comcast Pres. Brian Roberts steadfastly asserted last week that c...
Comcast Pres. Brian Roberts steadfastly asserted last week that company was opening its pipes to ISP United Online strictly for business reasons (CD Feb 27 p4), but in meeting with FCC officials same day company lawyers held out ISP…
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agreement as evidence of why “forced access” was unnecessary. “This is not done for anything but a commercial opportunity,” Roberts said then in response to question whether deal was done to persuade regulators not to impose access requirements. “If this was borne out of a regulatory solution, I don’t think both companies would be as excited as we are to get going.” However, in ex parte filing with FCC on issue of how to define cable modem service, company said it told Commission that agreement with United Online “provides concrete evidence of Comcast’s intention to afford high-speed Internet customers a choice of ISPs and of the ability of industry participants to make the necessary arrangements through voluntary, commercial negotiations.”