NCTA lobbied for broadband stimulus funds to be applied to underserved areas

June 9, 2009

[multichannel] Broadband deployment and adoption have been successful "by all reasonable measures," the National Cable & Telecommunications Association told the Federal Communications Commission Monday in response to its request for comment on a national broadband plan.

That is, in large part due to the $145 billion cable operators have invested since 1996 in facilities and equipment for communities large and small, said the cable trade association...