Internet Over Cable: Defining the Future in Terms of the Past

Citation
Barbara Esbin, “Internet Over Cable: Defining the Future in Terms of the Past” (1988) (Federal Communications Commission, Office of Plans and Policy, Working Paper #30) (full-text).

Overview
This Working Paper was intended to promote greater understanding on the part of both government and the private sector, of the unique policy issues that the provision of Internet-based services by cable operators raises for the FCC, local franchising authorities, and other governmental offices. The discussion of the regulatory classification issue for Internet over cable systems, and the related common carrier issues, is intended to map the contours of the legal and policy issues that surrounding the clash of new, advanced capabilities such as the Internet with the old regulatory framework.