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under Title II of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. In 2010, NCTA advised the FCC against formalizing its net neutrality rules. After the rules were invalidated by the court in 2014, NCTA ran advertisements in the media opposing reclassification as a common carrier. According to ProPublica in 2014,
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National Cable and Telecommunications Association in April 2001. Subsequently, on September 19, 2016, the organization changed its trade name to "NCTA – The Internet & Television Association", making
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Internet and Television Expo" in 2015.
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until 2015). It was the largest trade show in the United States for the cable and broadband industry. The conference featured discussions with current and former FCC commissioners, including remarks from the FCC chair in multiple years.
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2147:Wireless revolution
2109:The Telephone Cases
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1046:"NCTA Changes Name"
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2008:Optical telegraphy
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1301:"NCTA's Mr. Right"
1255:"Sachs Exits NCTA"
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