by Lyell Davies
Apr. 14, 2006

On April 5th the phone company backed COPE Act was “marked-up” and moved out of sub-committee in Washington. The COPE Act follows on the heels of BITS II and earlier controversial legislation that seeks to help the phone companies enter into the Broadband video-service market—and in the process change rules that have for decades successfully governed local telecommunications
franchising. The COPE Act is being fast-tracked towards full Commerce Committee hearings before the end of April.

Around the country public interest, municipal, grassroots media, and other organizations are organizing opposition to the COPE Act. . .

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