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Cable Franchise Fees, Rights-of-Way Fees Duplicative, FSF Says

Making clear rights-of-way fees fall under Cable Act's 5 percent cap on franchising fees charged cable operators will free up financial resources for network deployment, Free State Foundation Senior Fellow Seth Cooper blogged Thursday. He said authority to access the…

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rights of way for distributing video content is "inherent" in the cable franchise concept and states and local franchise authorities must be blocked from levying two or more sets of fees as a way of sidestepping Congress' limit.