[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 18907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9103]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[GN Docket No. 00-185; FCC 02-77]


Inquiry Concerning High-Speed Access to the Internet Over Cable 
and Other Facilities; Internet Over Cable Declaratory Ruling

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On March 15, 2002, the Commission released a Declaratory 
Ruling in Inquiry Concerning High-Speed Access to the Internet Over 
Cable and Other Facilities and Internet Over Cable Declaratory Ruling, 
GN Docket No. 00-185. The Commission ruled that cable modem service, as 
it is currently offered, is an interstate information service, not a 
cable service, and that there is no separate offering of 
telecommunications service. Consistent with Secs. 1.103 and 1.4(b)(2) 
of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.103, 1.4(b)(2), the effective date 
for the Declaratory Ruling is the date of release of the ruling, March 
15, 2002.
    Copies of the Declaratory Ruling may be obtained on the Internet 
through http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/News_Releases/2002/nrcb0201.html, or through Steve Garner, Media Bureau, who can be 
reached at (202) 418-1063 or via Internet at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Garner, Media Bureau, at (202) 
418-1063 or via Internet at [email protected].

    Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-9103 Filed 4-16-02; 8:45 am]
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