Video

Texas Leads Again
Texas was the first state in the union to pass landmark video reforms in Senate Bill 5 that made way for unprecedented competition and consumer choice in video providers. More choices and competition means more broadband connections for Texans.

Research Papers

Senate Bill 5 is working for Texas
Video-enabled “fiber to the home” has grown 8 times faster in Texas than it has in the rest of the country since Senate Bill 5 was signed into law. More than 80% of video providers say SB 5 is accelerating their deployments. Three times more Texas households currently have the option of receiving television over high-speed fiber than other U.S. households. Read more about the impact of landmark video reforms in Texas. [pdf]

Reducing Barriers to Investments in Fiber Connections and Advanced Broadband Services for American Households by Kevin A. Hassett and Robert J. Shapiro, Internet Innovation Alliance, February 2007

The Internet Innovation Alliance found that telecommunications companies will need to invest tens of billions of dollars to bring fiber to all American consumers, businesses and local governments. It notes that one of the most significant barriers is the thousands of individual franchise agreements required by local jurisdictions across the country, which impose “significant costs and delays on those planning to expand their fiber-rich
networks, which in turn has slowed and undermined the investments required to do so.” The authors conclude that by streamlining franchising processes in the states should increase annual investments by between $3.35 billion and $5.76 billion a year. Read more