"Leased Access" Only Route to Broadband Competition, Following FCC Report On Open Access Petition.REDONDO BEACH Redondo Beach (rĭdŏn`dō), city (1990 pop. 60,167), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1892. Once a commercial port for Los Angeles, it is a residential and resort city with a protected harbor and an excellent marina. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 1999--With the Federal Communications Commission's decline to rule today on "open access" to cable plant by America Online See AOL. (AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. ) and Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , the strategy of "leased access" is more critical than ever to the future of competitive broadband Internet communication. Don Janke, president of Internet Ventures, Inc., reiterated today that "there is a clear legal distinction between the 'leased access' strategy Internet Ventures is pursuing, and the 'open access' plan that came before the FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. ." "Leased access" carriage of broadband Internet is consistent with existing FCC statutes, Janke noted, and he called on cable system operators and local franchising authorities to work with Internet service providers to assure that consumers have access to broadband Internet's diversity of video programming and information as soon as possible. "'Leased access' now becomes the only assurance that consumers will receive competitively priced broadband Internet in a timely fashion," said Janke. "While 'open access' requires new regulation for the cable industry, the legal framework for 'leased access' already is in place in Section 612 of the Communications Act," he continued. "We believe that it is the province of the local franchising authorities to assure that those regulations are properly and fairly implemented." Internet Ventures, a provider of dial-up and broadband Internet services in 12 Western markets, became the first ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. to invoke "leased access" provisions earlier this month when it applied for carriage on the Spokane, WA system owned by Tele-Communications Inc. (TCOMA). IVI IVI Intelligent Vehicle Initiative IVI International Vaccine Institute IVI Interchangeable Virtual Instrument IVI Intravenous Infusion IVI Interactive Video Instruction IVI Intra Venous Injection IVI Institute for Vision Improvement IVI Interactive Video Initiative subsequently has applied for "leased access" carriage with Century Communications in Ventura, CA, and with MediaOne (UMG UMG Universal Music Group UMG Universidad Mariano Gálvez de Guatemala (Mariano Galvez University of Guatemala) UMG Upgraded Metallurgical Grade (silicon) UMG Unlicensed Medical Graduate ) in Stockton, CA, and plans more applications in the near future. Under existing FCC regulations, IVI would lease a single 6Mhz channel set aside for "leased access" purposes from each cable system to deliver downstream video and information programming. The cost of a "leased access" channel will be defined by the formula prescribed by the FCC's February, 1997 Second Report & Order. Internet Ventures (http://www.perki.net or http://www.ivn.net), which offers dial-up and Broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a services to markets in the United States with populations of less than 500,000, currently owns and operates 12 local ISPs in California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Its PeRKIneta Broadband Internet access system, which utilizes patented technology, offers members the ability to connect to the Internet at up to 256Kbps, a speed that is more than four times faster than conventional X2 or Flex 56 modems. IVI's current operations also provide comprehensive and market-specific Internet services in Ventura, Humboldt, Del Norte and San Joaquin Counties, CA; LaPlata, Mesa and Montezuma Counties, CO; Kootenai County, ID; Jackson and Josephine Counties, OR; and Spokane County, WA. |
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