The Federal Communications Commission made more of the local phone companies’ high-speed fiber networks free from competition rules…Telephone companies now don’t have to lease new fiber installations to competitors at all, the FCC decided.
The decision was one of two the FCC made Thursday involving broadband; the second sets rules for using the nation’s power grids to ferry high-speed Internet access.
Reuters: Fiber-optic networks are seen as pivotal for telephone companies because the capacity of the lines enable them to offer high-speed Internet service — or broadband — to more customers, as well as launch video and other services.
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