Competitor interests opposing SBC-backed broadband regulatory par...
Competitor interests opposing SBC-backed broadband regulatory parity legislation scored victory in SBC state of Cal. Assembly Utilities & Commerce Committee unanimously defeated bill (AB-2933) that would have directed Cal. PUC to “review, investigate and study California’s high-speed Internet access…
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and broadband services market for purposes of determining the necessary courses of action to achieve regulatory parity among all providers within the high-speed Internet access and broadband services market.” Study, which would have addressed any digital service faster than 200 kbps regardless of technology or medium used, was to go to legislature by Dec. 1, 2003. CLEC interests had opposed bill because it appeared to accept as fact an unproved contention that regulatory parity was precondition for rapid broadband deployment. Assembly panel voted down bill as being unnecessary and premature. Panel said Cal. PUC already had legal duty to address policy implications of broadband services and authority to conduct whatever market studies might be needed. Panel said PUC shared broadband authority with FCC, but Commission hadn’t completed its broadband policy development work so bill also would be premature.