Digital Phone / Cable Telephony (VoIP - Voice over Internet Protocol)
Most cable companies have launched (VoIP) phone service, or digital phone service, providing consumers a true alternative to standard telephone service. More than 18.7 million homes are now subscribing to cable’s digital phone service – a number that continues to steadily grow.
One significant benefit of cable’s digital phone service is the substantial consumer savings resulting from a competitive marketplace. In fact, cable’s phone service has already saved consumers more than $40 billion. Households and small businesses could save more than $110 billion by 2012 according to a recent study by MiCRA Inc.
Examining the Issue
State of Digital Phone
2/19/2008
NCTA Letter to U.S. Senate Expresses Support for E911
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Abstract: NCTA President & CEO Kyle McSlarrow sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid and Republican Leader McConnell to express support for S. 428, the “IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act,” and to urge full Senate passage of this legislation. Attachment: E911_Letter_02.19.08.pdf (36 KB)Publication Type: Letter
7/11/2007
J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Bundling Video with Voice and Data Services Gives Cable Companies A Competitive Edge over Telephone ProvidersAbstract: Cable companies, which lead the customer satisfaction rankings for telephone service in all six U.S. regions for the first time, are proving to be tough competition for traditional telephone providers, as the impact of bundled service packages steadily reshapes the telecommunications market, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2007 Resident...Publication Type: Miscellaneous Publication
Judicial Filings
1/26/2007
NCTA Amicus Brief 01/26/07Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Amicus Brief in Support of Defendant FCC's Motion for Summary Judgment, Center for Public Integrity v. FCC, Civil Action No. 06-1644 in the U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaAttachment: Civil Action No. 06-1644 (ESH) - Amicus Brief.pdf (42 KB)Publication Type: Judicial Filing
Regulatory Filings
2/15/2008
NCTA Opposition 02/15/08Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Opposition re Telephone Number Requirements for IP-Enabled Service Providers, opposing the requested clarification and urges the FCC to retain the existing "four fields" requirement; WC Docket No. 07-243 et al.Attachment: 021508 07-243 et al comments.pdf (21 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
7/27/2007
NCTA Letter 07/27/07Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Letter re: IP-Enabled Services, urging the FCC to reject AT&T's arguments that is video offering is not a "cable service" delivered over a "cable system"; WC Docket No. 04-36Attachment: 072707 04-36 Letter.pdf (135 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
7/9/2007
NCTA Comments 07/09/07Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Comments re: Implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996: Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary Network Information and Other Customer Information; IP-Enabled Services, opposing the adoption of any new CPNI requirements; CC Docket No. 96-115 and WC Docket No. 04-36Attachment: 070907 96-115_04-36 CPNI comments.pdf (20 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
6/15/2007
NCTA Reply Comments 06/15/07 Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Reply Comments re: Interior Telephone Company, Inc. Petition for Declaratory Ruling on the Scope of the Duty of a Rural Local Exchange Carrier to Provide Interim Interconnection, urging the FCC to deny the requested ruling and clarify that Section 51.715 requires Interior to provide GCI with an interconnection arrangement; WC Docket No. 07-102Attachment: 061507 07-102 Replies.pdf (25 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
2/1/2007
NCTA Reply Comments 02/01/07Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Reply Comments re: Developing a Unified Intercarrier Compensation Regime, arguing that the Missoula Plan would not achieve the objectives identified by the FCC and should not be adopted; CC Docket No. 01-92Attachment: 020107 01-92 Reply Comments.pdf (48 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing
1/22/2007
NCTA Opposition 01/22/07Email this Document
Abstract: NCTA Opposition re Freedom of Information Act Requests For Network Outage Reporting Information, objecting to the release of the information requested in referenced FOIA requests; FOIA Control Nos. [various]Attachment: 012207 FOIA Opposition.pdf (26 KB)Publication Type: Regulatory Filing