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  • programming and to broaden consumers' ability to install and maintain their own wiring. Legal Basis: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 301, 302, 202, 303a, 307, 308, 309, 312, 315, 317, 325, 503, 521, 522, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 543, 544, 544a, 545, 548, 552, 554, 556, 558, 560, 561, 571, 572, 573. Section Number and Title: 76.800 Definitions. 76.802(l) Disposition of cable home wiring. 76.804 Disposition of home run wiring. 76.805 Access to molding. 76.806 Pre-termination access to cable home wiring. SUBPART N-CABLE RATE REGULATION Brief Description: This rule amends the Commission's regulations to permit the establishment by a cable operator of uniform rates for uniform services offered across multiple franchise areas on a case-by-case basis upon
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  • Video Programming: Implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, Report and Order, 27 FCC Rcd 787 (2012); see also 47 U.S.C. § 613; 47 C.F.R. § 79.4. See 47 C.F.R. § 76.610; see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.605(a)(12), 76.611, 76.614, 76.1803; 1.1705(a)(1) (FCC Form 320 - Basic Signal Leakage Performance Report). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.800-806. 47 U.S.C. § 522(13) (emphasis added); see also 47 C.F.R. § 76.1000(e); 47 C.F.R. § 76.64(d); 47 C.F.R. § 76.71(a); 47 C.F.R. § 76.1200(b); 47 C.F.R. § 76.1300(d). We note that the Commission previously characterized this definition as ``broad in its coverage'' and ``unclear'' in its scope. See Implementation of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992;
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  • 368 See,e.g.,AT&TCommentsat19-22;TeligentCommentsat34-35;WinStarCommentsat56. 369 Wenotetheinparimateriaruleofstatutoryconstruction,whichstatesthatwhenaparticularstatuteis ambiguous,statuteswhichrelatetothesamesubjectmattershouldbereadtogethersothatthelegislature'sintention canbegatheredfromthewholeoftheenactments.SeeUndercoflerv. I.e.Robinson&Sons,Inc.,111Ga.App. 411,141S.E.2d847,849(Ga.App.1965);Kimesv.Bechtold,342S.E.2d147,150(W.Va.1986). 370 See47U.S.c. §224(d),(e). 23055 FederalCommunicationsCommission FCC00-366 FifthAmendment.371Wealsorequestcommentregardingthecircumstances,ifany,underwhichautility might"ownorcontrol"aright-of-wayintheabsenceofadefinedspace,asrequiredtocreatearightof accessunderSection224.372Finally,commentersshouldaddresswhetheranexpansivedefinitionof "right-of-way"wouldcompromisetheoperationofourrulesgoverningthedispositionofcableinside wirebybroadlypermittingcableincumbentstoremaininanMDDagainstthewishesoftheproperty owner.373 E. ExtensionofCableInsideWiringRules. 171. In the CompetitiveNetworksNPRM,wesoughtcommenton"whetherourrules governingaccesstocableinsidewiringforMVPDs[multichannelvideoprogramdistributors)shouldbe extendedsoastoaffordsimilaraccesstoprovidersoftelecommunicationsservices.,,374Althougha numberofcommentersaddressedextendingtheapplicationofthecableinsidewiringrulestoinclude telecommunicationscarriers,375wefindthattherecordonthisissueshouldbedevelopedfurther. Accordingly,weseekadditionalcomment. 172. Section76.804(a)oftheCommission'srules,enactedin1997,setsforththeprocedures fordispositionof"homerunwiring"ownedbyanMVPDinamultipledwellingunit(MDD)whenthe MVPD"doesnot(orwillnotattheconclusionofthenoticeperiod)havealegallyenforceablerightto remainonthepremisesagainstthewishesoftheMDDowner...."376Severaldefinitionsare fundamentaltounderstandingtheapplicationofthehomerunwiringrules.First,anMVPDincludes"a personsuchas,butnotlimitedto,acableoperator,amultichannelmultipointdistributionservice,a directbroadcastsatelliteservice,oratelevisionreceive-onlysatelliteprogramdistributor,whomakes availableforpurchase,bysubscribersorcustomers,multiplechannelsofvideoprogramming....,,377 Second,MDDsincluderesidentialbuildingssuchasapartmentbuildings,condominiumsand cooperatives,378butdonotincludecommercialofficebuildings.Third,homerunwiringis"[t)hewiring fromthe[MVPD]demarcationpointtothepointatwhichtheMVPD'swiringbecomesdevotedtoan individualsubscriberorindividual100p.,,379Bycontrast,cablehomewiringis"[t]heinternalwiring containedwithinthepremisesofasubscriberwhichbeginsatthedemarcationpoint.,,380 371Wenoteourrecentholdingthatautilityisnotrequiredtoexerciseitspowersofeminentdomainonbehalfof thirdpartiesinordertoexpandanexistingright-of-way. SeeLocalCompetitionPoleAttachmentsReconsideration Order,14PCCRcdat18063, 38. 372 Seeparas.85-90,supra. 37347c.P.R.§76.804(a);seepara.90,supra. 374 CompetitiveNetworksNPRM,14PCCRcdat12710, 68(footnoteomitted). '75 See,e.g.,CAlCommentsat28-29;RCNCommentsat18-21;USTACommentsat18. 37647C.P.R.§76.804(a). 37747U.S.c.§522(13). 37847c.P.R.§76.800(a). 37947C.F.R.§76.800(d). 38047C.F.R.§76.5(11).ThecabledemarcationpointinMDUs,withnon-loop-throughwiringconfigurations,isat (orabout)12inchesoutsideofwherethecablewireentersthesubscriber'sindividualdwellingunit.47C.F.R. § (continued....) 23056 FederalCommunicationsCommission FCC00-366 173. TheCommission'shomerunwiringrulesprovidethatwhenanMVPDnolongerhasa legalrighttoremainonthepremisesofanMDU,381theMDUowner(oranotherMVPDattheMDU owner'sdiscretion)maynegotiatetopurchasethehomerunwiringifitisnotremovedbytheincumbent MVPD.382Ifthepartiescannotagreeonaprice,thentheincumbentMVPD"mustelect:toabandon withoutdisablingthewiring;toremovethewiringandrestoretheMDUconsistentwithstatelaw;orto submitthepricedeterminationtobindingarbitrationbyanindependentexpert.,,383 Inthe Competitive NetworksNPRM,wenotedthat"[c]ommentersinotherproceedingshavearguedthatthisruleoffers benefitstoprovidersofvideoservicesthatarenotcurrentlyavailabletotelecommunicationsproviders, andthatthisdistinctionnotonlyisarbitrarybutcreatesuneconomicincentivesforprovidersto incorporatevideoservicesintotheirofferingssimplytotakeadvantageofthemorefavorablerules.,,384 174. Baseduponourreviewofthecommentsonthisissueintherecord,itappearsthatour proposaltoextendapplicationofthehomerunwiringrulestoincludetelecommunicationscarriersmay nothavebeenentirelyclear,andthereforemayhavebeenmisinterpretedbypartiescommentingonthe issue.Wedidnotintendtosolicitcommentonapplicationofnewrulesto"telephonehomerunwiring" asonepartysuggestedinresponsetothe CompetitiveNetworksNPRM.385Rather,weintendedtoseek comment,anddosohere,onwhetherourhomerunwiringrulesshouldbeamendedtopermitanMDU ownertodesignateatelecommunicationscarriertonegotiatetopurchasecablehomerunwiring.The righttoappointatelecommunicationscarriertoconductsuchnegotiationswouldbeinadditiontothe MDUowner'sprerogativetodesignateanMVPDtoconductsuchnegotiations.Wealsoclarifythatwe arenotseekingcommentonwhetherSection 76.802ofthecableinsidewiringrules,regardingthe dispositionof"cablehomewiring"withinanindividualsubscriber'sunit,shouldbeamended.Section 76.802alreadyenablesthesubscribertopurchasecablehomewiringfromthedepartingMVPDand, thus,thesubscribercouldusethiswiringfortelecommunicationsservice.386 175. WenoteouragreementwithCAlthatextendingthecablehomerunwiringrulesto includetelecommunicationscarrierswouldresultin"[a]dditional...homerunwiringbering]made availableforusebyalternativeproviders[thereby]promotingcompetition.',387Weencouragepartiesto commentonthetechnicalandpolicyimplicationsofextendingthecablehomerunwiringruleas proposedabove.Partiesshouldaddresswhetherthereareanytechnicalimpedimentstousingcoaxial cablehomerunwiringtoprovidetelecommunicationsservice.Partiesshouldalsoaddressthepotential (Continuedfrompreviouspage)------------ 76.5(mm)(2).ThecabledemarcationpointinMDUs,withloop-throughwiringconfigurations,isat(orabout)12 inchesoutsideofwherethecableentersorexitsthefIrstandlastindividualdwellingunitsontheloop.47C.F.R. § 76.5(mm)(3). 381AnMVPD'slegalrighttoremainonthepremisesofanMDUmaybeextinguishedby,amongotherthings, operationofcontract,statuteorcommonlaw. 38247C.F.R.§76.804(a). 38347C.F.R.§76.804(a). 384 CompetitiveNetworksNPRM,14FCCRcdat12710, 68. 385ICTACommentsat7. 38647C.F.R.§76.802. '87 .)CAlCommentsat40.
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  • Docket No. 95-184, MM Docket No. 92-260, Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 13 FCC Rcd 3659 (1997); appeal docketed sub nom. Charter Communications, Inc. v. FCC, No.97-4120 (8th Cir. 1997). An MDU is a building or buildings with two or more residences, such as an apartment building, condominium building, or cooperative. See 47 C.F.R. § 76.800. 47 C.F.R. § 76.800(d). Cable home run wiring in an MDU is the wiring that runs from the demarcation point to the point at which the MVPD's wiring becomes devoted to an individual subscriber or individual loop. In contrast, ``cable home wiring'' is the internal wiring contained within the premises of a subscriber, which begins at the demarcation point and
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  • with respect to enterprise loops also apply to loops serving mass market customers in MDUs. Id. 47 U.S.C. § 157 nt. See, e.g., High Tech Broadband Coalition Comments, CC Docket Nos. 01-338, 96-98, 98-147 at 28-29, Attach. at 12 (filed Apr. 5, 2002); Triennial Review Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 17122-23, 17169-70, paras. 237, 316-17. See, e.g., 47 C.F.R. § 76.800(a) (defining ``MDU'' in the context of cable television regulations); OPTEL, INC. Petition For Waiver of Section 101.603 of the Commission's Rules, Order, DA 99-406 at para. 2 n.4 (WTB Mar. 10, 1999) (discussing the definition of MDU for purposes of an analysis of SMATV service); World Satellite Network, Inc. v. Tele-Communications, Inc., et al., Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 99-1572
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  • Protection and Competition Act of 1992: Cable Home Wiring, 18 FCC Rcd 1342 (2003) (``Reconsideration Order''). Cable home run wiring in a multiple dwelling unit (``MDU'') is the wiring that runs from the demarcation point to the point at which the multichannel video programming distributor's (``MVPD'') wiring becomes devoted to an individual subscriber or individual loop. See 47 C.F.R. § 76.800(d). In contrast, ``cable home wiring'' is the internal wiring contained within the premises of a subscriber, which begins at the demarcation point and runs to the subscriber's television set or other customer premises equipment. See 47 C.F.R. § 76.5 (ll). See Appeals Court decision at 1; Note to 47 C.F.R. § 76.5(mm)(4) (2003). See In the Matter of: Telecommunications Services,
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  • also 47 U.S.C. § 605(d). 2005 Report, 21 FCC Rcd at 2595-6 ¶ 204. Id. at 2596 ¶ 205. MDUs may include rental apartments, as well as condominiums and co-operatives. For example, last year, we reported that DIRECTV had developed a distribution system simplifying service to MDUs. 2005 Report, 21 FCC Rcd at 2597 ¶ 207. See 47 C.F.R. § 76.800-806 et seq. 47 C.F.R. § 1.4000. 47 C.F.R. § 76.984(c)(3). See Closed Captioning of Video Programming, Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc. Petition for Rulemaking, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 20 FCC Rcd 13211 (2005) (Closed Captioning NPRM). 47 C.F.R. § 79.1(b)(1) (phase-in schedule for captioning ``new'' English language programming, which is defined as programming first published or exhibited on or after
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  • employees and one has more than 1,500 employees. Consequently, the Commission estimates that most providers of competitive local exchange service, competitive access providers, ``Shared-Tenant Service Providers,'' and ``Other Local Service Providers'' are small entities. MDU Operators. Under the Commission's Rules, an MDU is a residential ``multiple dwelling unit building (e.g., an apartment building, condominium building or cooperative).'' 47 C.F.R. § 76.800(a). The Census Bureau has created two broad Economic Census categories that appear pertinent. The first category, Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings, is described as follows: ``This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in acting as lessors of buildings used as residences or dwellings, such as single-family homes, apartment buildings, and town homes. Included in this industry are owner-lessors and establishments
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  • They are video distribution facilities that use closed transmission paths without using any public right-of-way. PCOs acquire video programming and distribute it via terrestrial wiring in urban and suburban MDUs and commercial multiple tenant units such as hotels and office buildings. They are small compared to major incumbent cable operators and incumbent LECs. 47 U.S.C. §§ 543(l)(1); 47 C.F.R. § 76.800(a) (defining MDU as ``[a] multiple dwelling unit building (e.g., an apartment building, condominium building or cooperative'')); Telecommunications Services Inside Wiring, Customer Premises Equipment, Implementation of the Cable Television Consumer Protection & Competition Act of 1992: Cable Home Wiring, Clarification of the Commission's Rules & Policies Regarding Unbundled Access to Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers' Inside Wire Subloop, Report & Order &
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  • Notice of Inquiry, we request comment on the effectiveness of our program access rules. See also 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.1000-1004, 76.1507. 47 U.S.C. § 548(i). The program access rules only apply to satellite cable programming and satellite broadcast programming. See also 47 U.S.C. § 605(d). MDUs may include rental apartments, as well as condominiums and co-operatives. See 47 C.F.R. § 76.800-806 et seq. 47 C.F.R. § 1.4000. 47 C.F.R. § 76.984(c)(3). 47 C.F.R. § 79.1(b)(1) (phase-in schedule for captioning ``new'' English language programming, which is defined as programming first published or exhibited on or after January 1, 1998). Video programming first published or exhibited for display on television receivers equipped for display of digital transmissions or formatted for such transmission is
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  • extended the principle of equal access to operator services, requiring that every aggregator of operator services allow consumers to Federal Communications Commission FCC 99-141 69 47 U.S.C. § 226(c)(1)(B),(C); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 64.703(b), 64.705(b). We have since forborne from enforcing these requirements against aggregators of CMRS operator services. See PCIA Forbearance Order, ¶¶ 76-80. 70 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.800-76.806. 71 47 C.F.R. § 25.104. 72 47 U.S.C. § 251(c)(2)-(4); see also 47 U.S.C. § 251(b) (imposing resale, number portability, dialing parity, access to rights-of-way, and reciprocal compensation obligations on all LECs). 73 See Preemption of Local Zoning Regulation of Satellite Earth Stations, IB Docket No. 95-59, Report and Order, Memorandum Opinion and Order, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
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  • Attachments Reconsideration Order, 14 FCC Rcd at 18063, ¶ 38. See paras. 85-90, supra. 47 C.F.R. § 76.804(a); see para. 90, supra. Competitive Networks NPRM, 14 FCC Rcd at 12710, ¶ 68 (footnote omitted). See, e.g., CAI Comments at 28-29; RCN Comments at 18-21; USTA Comments at 18. 47 C.F.R. § 76.804 (a). 47 U.S.C. § 522(13). 47 C.F.R. § 76.800(a). 47 C.F.R. § 76.800(d). 47 C.F.R. § 76.5(ll). The cable demarcation point in MDUs, with non-loop-through wiring configurations, is at (or about) 12 inches outside of where the cable wire enters the subscriber's individual dwelling unit. 47 C.F.R. § 76.5(mm)(2). The cable demarcation point in MDUs, with loop-through wiring configurations, is at (or about) 12 inches outside of where the
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  • extended the principle of equal access to operator services, requiring that every aggregator of operator services allow consumers to Federal Communications Commission FCC 99-141 69 47 U.S.C. § 226(c)(1)(B),(C); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 64.703(b), 64.705(b). We have since forborne from enforcing these requirements against aggregators of CMRS operator services. See PCIA Forbearance Order, ¶¶ 76-80. 70 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.800-76.806. 71 47 C.F.R. § 25.104. 72 47 U.S.C. § 251(c)(2)-(4); see also 47 U.S.C. § 251(b) (imposing resale, number portability, dialing parity, access to rights-of-way, and reciprocal compensation obligations on all LECs). 73 See Preemption of Local Zoning Regulation of Satellite Earth Stations, IB Docket No. 95-59, Report and Order, Memorandum Opinion and Order, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
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  • Attachments Reconsideration Order, 14 FCC Rcd at 18063, ¶ 38. See paras. 85-90, supra. 47 C.F.R. § 76.804(a); see para. 90, supra. Competitive Networks NPRM, 14 FCC Rcd at 12710, ¶ 68 (footnote omitted). See, e.g., CAI Comments at 28-29; RCN Comments at 18-21; USTA Comments at 18. 47 C.F.R. § 76.804 (a). 47 U.S.C. § 522(13). 47 C.F.R. § 76.800(a). 47 C.F.R. § 76.800(d). 47 C.F.R. § 76.5(ll). The cable demarcation point in MDUs, with non-loop-through wiring configurations, is at (or about) 12 inches outside of where the cable wire enters the subscriber's individual dwelling unit. 47 C.F.R. § 76.5(mm)(2). The cable demarcation point in MDUs, with loop-through wiring configurations, is at (or about) 12 inches outside of where the
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  • monitoring. [73]76.616 Operation near certain aeronautical and marine emergency radio frequencies. [74]76.617 Responsibility for interference. [75]76.618 Grandfathering. [76]76.619 Grandfathered operation in the frequency bands 108-136 and 225-400 MHz. [77]76.620 Non-cable multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs). [78]76.630 Compatibility with consumer electronics equipment. Subpart L -- Cable Television Access [79]76.701 Leased access channels. [80]76.702 Public access. Subpart M -- Cable Inside Wiring [81]76.800 Definitions. [82]76.801 Scope. [83]76.802 Disposition of cable home wiring. [84]76.804 Disposition of home run wiring. [85]76.805 Access to molding. [86]76.806 Pre-termination access to cable home wiring. Subpart N -- Cable Rate Regulation [87]76.901 Definitions. [88]76.905 Standards for identification of cable systems subject to effective competition. [89]76.906 Presumption of no effective competition. [90]76.907 Petition for a determination of effective competition. [91]76.910
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  • 95-184, MM Docket No. 92-260, Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 13 FCC Rcd 3659 (1997); appeal docketed sub nom. Charter Communications, Inc. v. FCC, No.97- 4120 (8th Cir. 1997). 2 An MDU is a building or buildings with two or more residences, such as an apartment building, condominium building, or cooperative. See 47 C.F.R. § 76.800. 3 47 C.F.R. § 76.800(d). Cable home run wiring in an MDU is the wiring that runs from the demarcation point to the point at which the MVPD's wiring becomes devoted to an individual subscriber or individual loop. In contrast, "cable home wiring" is the internal wiring contained within the premises of a subscriber, which begins at the demarcation point
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  • television system regular monitoring. § 76.616 Operation near certain aeronautical and marine emergency radio frequencies. § 76.617 Responsibility for interference. §§ 76.618-76.620 [Reserved] § 76.630 Compatibility with consumer electronics equipment. § 76.640 Support for unidirectional digital cable products on digital cable systems. Subpart L-Cable Television Access § 76.701 Leased access channels. § 76.702 Public access. Subpart M-Cable Inside Wiring § 76.800 Definitions. § 76.801 Scope. § 76.802 Disposition of cable home wiring. § 76.804 Disposition of home run wiring. § 76.805 Access to molding. § 76.806 Pre-termination access to cable home wiring. Subpart N-Cable Rate Regulation § 76.901 Definitions. § 76.905 Standards for identification of cable systems subject to effective competition. § 76.906 Presumption of no effective competition. § 76.907 Petition