Ball State Study Sees Positive Effects From Indiana Telecom Bill

BALL STATE STUDY SEES POSITIVE EFFECTS FROM INDIANA TELECOM BILL
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Linda Haugsted]
Ball State University has released a white paper -- partially funded by AT&T -- stating that Indiana’s 2006 telecommunications reform bill has advanced the deployment of video and broadband services in the state, a finding disputed by cable incumbents in the state. The 106-page report, dated Feb. 15 on the website of the Digital Policy Institute, concludes that HEA 1279 was good for the state and goes on to detail the expansion of digital-subscriber line, high-speed data lines and video service deployed since the bill was signed. But Tim Oakes, executive director of the Indiana Cable Telecommunications Association, notes that the deployments referred to in the report were announced by providers such as AT&T and Verizon Communications before the bill was passed.
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