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| August 01, 2005 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Cable operators scored a major victory in a longstanding open access legal tussle this summer with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that they do not have to open their broadband networks to competing providers.

In a 6-3 decision, the nation's highest court ruled that Santa Monica, Calif.-based Internet provider Brand X was not entitled to lease access to cable operators' broadband networks to offer service.

Under Federal Communications Commission guidelines, telco-supplied DSL networks are considered telephone service and therefore operators must allow competitors to lease access to offer DSL service. In contrast, the Commission has ruled that cable networks are …

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