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# Leading Cable TV Providers Fear Broadband Deployment Barriers
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/leading-cable-tv-providers-fear-broadband-deployment-barriers/
- Published: 2025-08-28T19:01:40.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T05:47:05.000Z
- Description: Comcast, Charter, Cox discuss their concerns with FCC staff
- Author: Jennifer Michel
- Tags: FCC, #with-siderail, NCTA, Comcast, Cox Enterprises, Charter Communications, Christine Sanquist, permitting

WASHINGTON, August 28, 2025 – As federal regulators continue to streamline their rules, local control in terms of permitting remains a flashpoint in broadband policy debates.

Cable television industry leaders, joining their trade group NCTA – The Internet & Television Association, met with FCC officials Friday to express their concerns about ongoing broadband deployment challenges. 

Present for this discussion was **Stephanie Power** of Comcast Corporation, **Christine Sanquist** and **Jason Koslofsky** of Charter Communications, and **Barry Ohlson** of Cox Enterprises, meeting with staff from the FCC’s Competition Policy Division.

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In light of “the cable industry’s substantial investment in broadband infrastructure in recent years, including deployment in rural areas,” NCTA [urged](https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/10826698907261/1?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) the FCC to simplify and streamline its permitting process “to remove obstacles to deployment.”

To make the permitting process faster and less complicated, the NCTA team gave the FCC a number of recommendations. Specifically, they requested “shot clocks” – strict deadlines for governments to approve or deny rights-of-way permits – and a prohibition on moratoriums that some localities impose to temporarily freeze new construction. 

More broadly, NCTA requested that the FCC adopt measures “eliminating excessive or burdensome requirements tied to permit approval.”