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CWA: Comcast-NBCU Must Prove Merger is in Public Interest

The Communications Workers of America called on the Federal Communications Commission to deny the application of Comcast Corporation and NBCU parent General Electric Company, or impose conditions that will protect the public interest. Comcast and NBCU are looking to "combine the nation?s largest cable and Internet distribution company with the nation?s leading newsroom and production company." This merger would create a media conglomerate that "would have a significant anti-competitive impact," affecting consumers as well as growth of the video marketplace and other innovation, CWA said in its filing.

CWA: Comcast-NBCU Must Prove Merger is in Public Interest

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Civil Rights, Labor and Environmental leaders join call urging Congress to clarify FCC?s authority

Leaders representing eight national civil rights, labor, and environmental organizations urged Congress to act quickly to clarify the FCC?s authority to protect an Open Internet and apply Universal Service funding to broadband. Their letter to Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairman John D. Rockefeller and House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry A. Waxman follows statements by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski which welcomed legislative action by Congress.

Civil Rights, Labor and Environmental leaders join call urging Congress to clarify FCC?s authority

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Why the FCC's authority over broadband must be clarified by Congress

It is with a tremendous sense of urgency that CWA joins with our brothers and sisters in the labor, environmental and civil rights movements to urge Congress to act quickly to clarify the FCC’s authority to protect an Open Internet and apply Universal Service Funding to broadband. At this critical juncture, creating our high-speed networks for the 21st Century are as critical to commerce as expanding roadways, electric service and telephone lines were to the 20th Century.

The decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in the Comcast case has put into question the FCC?s legal authority to protect an open Internet and accelerate broadband deployment and adoption. We need Congress to quickly resolve this question because any other path would lead to years of litigation and regulatory uncertainty that will reduce broadband investment and industry jobs.

Why the FCC's authority over broadband must be clarified by Congress