New Century Cities Adds New Member

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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A consortium of cities and counties working together to expand municipal broadband has added its 50th member, Medina County, Ohio, the group said.  

New Century Cities formed in October to present a united front on the issue. Cable operators have pushed back on municipal broadband initiatives, arguing that they are often unfair government-funded overbuilds of existing service.  

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is a big backer of municipal broadband, arguing that the ISP pushback is an attempt to prevent price and service competition. 

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John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.