ATLANTA (BUSINESS WIRE) — Officials at Cox Communications said Wednesday that they filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) explaining the company’s decision to stop collecting and paying cable franchise fees on high-speed Internet access services in California, Nevada, Arizona and Idaho.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which governs those states, ruled last year that high-speed Internet access over cable is not a cable service. Cox stopped collecting cable franchise fees on high-speed data services from its subscribers in those states following the ruling.
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According to Cox, federal law prohibits the company from collecting and paying cable franchise fees on services that are not defined as “cable services,” within the meaning of Title VI of the Federal Communications Act.
Cox’s filing will become part of the record in the FCC’s inquiry concerning the classification of high-speed Internet access over cable and other broadband facilities, Business Wire reported.
