Several members of the N.C. House delegation asked President Bush...

Several members of the N.C. House delegation asked President Bush to encourage the FCC to act on broadband deregulation. Their Nov. 19 letter highlights potential job- creation from final rulings on broadband deployment issues before the FCC. It refers generally, but without name, to the Triennial Review and to the DSL broadband rulemaking before the FCC now, a House staffer said. “The FCC has now spent a year and a half on a ruling to make regulations governing broadband services consistent, regardless of whether broadband is delivered over cable or telephone lines. They have yet to produce a decision,” the letter said. The members detailed the loss of 12,000 N.C. telecom jobs the past 36 months, including from closure of a fiber-optic plant. “The United States is not only losing jobs and investment, we are losing our position as the world leader in fiber production and use,” the letter said. The letter was signed by N.C. Reps. Burr (R), Myrick (R), Ballenger (R), Hayes (R), Price (D), Jones (R), Taylor (R).