Checking in

I was on the road and missed getting to comment on this great idea of a blog devoted to leased access issues created by Gerry Kenny of Daytona, Fl.
Gerry years ago filed petitions that helped set precedents still helpful today. Thank goodness today he's still willing to push to insure FCC does the job Congress gave them to insure the law is followed by cable sites.
Presently my firm, StogMedia, has a petition pending at FCC that will affect all cable sites and the way LAPers (leased access programmers) are permitted to take advanatge of IPTV technology. Needless to say, 'net neutrality' as well as egress is involved.
At issue with petitions is why the staff of the Media Bureau at FCC now and has in the past sat on releasing decisions where they can give no rationale, sensible, reasonable, explanation of why they do so. This too often results in LAPers suffering hardships for long periods of them when eventually FCC actually rules for the cable site to cease an unjust action.
Sometimes, even when the staff rules in favor of the petitioner (LAPer) they wait so long the ruling is moot with the LAPer having had to give up and stop operations by that time.

So, here's my suggestion for any readers of this Blog. Please add any and all problems you've had with any cable operator. Be specific, name the operator, the issue and what you had to do to get it corrected--if you were ever able to do so.

Charlie Stogner, president Leased Acess Programmers Assn.