Official:Granting permission to RCN Telecom Services of Philadelphia, Inc. to construct, own, operate, maintain, replace, and remove a telecommunications system in, over, and under the public rights-of-way and streets of the City of Philadelphia, and to operate and maintain a video programming service over such telecommunications system pursuant to the provisions governing open video systems in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Kenney
Introduced: June 8, 2000
: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2000–2003 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill allows RCN Telecom to build and operate a telecommunications system in Philadelphia's public rights-of-way, including streets and sidewalks, to provide video programming services.
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