FCC's McDowell Blasts Cable Plan

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WASHINGTON FCC chairman Kevin Martin’s attempt to re-regulate the cable industry is running into trouble at the commission as a fellow Republican commissioner on Monday criticized the plan.

Martin reportedly is pushing to place tougher regulatory strictures on cable operators, claiming that their dominant market position gives the agency the power to regulate them under a provision in the 1984 Cable Act.

“This is a radical departure for the commission,” Robert McDowell said during a speech before the Media Institute, a free speech think tank.

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