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NCTA Backs FCC's Cable LFA Order in 6th Circuit Challenge

Many LFAs are flouting the Cable Act limits on local franchising authorities, and the FCC's 2019 LFA order now under legal challenge (see 1909120028) implements the plain reading of the act, NCTA told the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…

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in an intervenor brief Monday (in Pacer, docket 19-4161) on behalf of the FCC. Even if the Cable Act was ambiguous on LFAs not being able to regulate telecommunications or information services, the LFA order's mixed-use rule is reasonable, the NCTA said.