Wheeler Proposing Granting Preemption Petitions

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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FCC chairman Tom Wheeler will circulate an item to the other commissioners as early as Monday proposing granting the request by two cities that the FCC preempt state laws limiting their broadband buildouts, an FCC official familiar with the item confirmed on background.

The three Democrats are expected to vote to approve, while the Republicans will almost certainly dissent.

Back in July, the FCC received requests from Chattanooga, Tenn., and Wilson, N.C., to preempt state laws they say unreasonably restrict their ability to provide broadband service.

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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.