He wants the Bertelsmanns, Burdas and Googles of the world to pay Deutsche Telekom to deliver voice and video to German customers. DT doesn’t have cable competition and the regulator may let them get away with it.
We examine whether, on legal or policy grounds, video services provided over a telephone network should be regulated as a traditional cable service or whether a different approach is warranted. We evaluate the history of cable regulation and the services