摘要：The Federal Communications Commission's ("FCC" or "the Commission") recent decision on the provision of video dialtone services ~ highlights ongoing changes in the Cemmission's approach toward telecommunications regulation. Two aspects of the decision, in particular, are noteworthy. First, the decision represents the first attempt by the federal government to provide a comprehensive set of incentives for the deployment to the home of technologically advanced, high-capacity communications facilities, such as fiber optic cables, promoting the development of an array of informational and entertainment video services, z The deployment may lead to the "convergence" of all audio and video communications services onto "one wire" into the home. Second, the decision demonstrates the ability of a federal agency to navigate its way through a remarkably technology-restri~ive statute in order to promote the principle of allowing market forces, l~her than government plan, to be the engine of technological c~.;~t,ge an~ ~: innovation.
