San Francisco Appeals FCC Order on Broadband Wire-Sharing Rule

San Francisco is challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s move to override a city mandate that apartment and office building owners share in-use cable wiring with broadband providers upon request. On July 22, the city asked the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to undo the commission’s decision to preempt part of a San Francisco law, which bars building owners from interfering with an occupant’s right to choose a communications service.