Help from Congress may be too little too late for telephone companies battling with cable. In the past two weeks, lawmakers have announced plans for three different bills with the same mission: eliminating the need to apply for tens of thousands of local cable franchises in markets across the country, a process that would take years to complete. Although the bills would pave the way for phone companies to add video service, many see them as anything but a cure-all for the telcos.
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