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AT&T Broadband said it would stop collecting franchise fees for c...

AT&T Broadband said it would stop collecting franchise fees for cable modem service beginning today (Mon.). Comcast, Charter and Time Warner have notified LFAs that they would cease collecting fees on cable modem revenue (CD March 29 p6). Spokeswoman…

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said company wouldn’t pay LFAs modem franchise fees collected after March 15, day FCC announced decision to designate cable modem as interstate information service. Company won’t seek reimbursement of fees from LFAs paid before March 15, she said. Customers who had paid franchise fees after March 15 will be credited in April and May bills, she said.