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Stay sought on U.S. cable ruling Last modified: April 6, 2004, 4:01 PM PDT By Reuters Cable operators said Tuesday that they are seeking to suspend a ruling that would subject their Internet offerings to extensive regulation while they take their appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Last week, a U.S. appeals court refused to reconsider its decision that regulators mistakenly insulated cable companies that offer high-speed Internet from regulations that could force them to offer a choice of Internet providers. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco had ruled in October that the Federal Communications Commission should have classified cable broadband as a telecommunications service instead of an information service. On Tuesday, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and several cable operators asked the appeals court to stay its decision, due to go into effect Wednesday, until the high court decides if it will hear the appeal. "This case centers on the regulatory status of a service that is of key importance to national communications policy: broadband Internet service," said NCTA, which represents major cable operators like Time Warner and Comcast. If the FCC labeled cable broadband as a telecommunications service, cable companies would likely have to offer consumers the ability to have a rival Internet service provider unless the FCC decided otherwise. But the FCC decided in March 2002 that high-speed Internet service from cable companies was an information service, and therefore not immediately subject to access requirements. The FCC has asked for comment on whether it should require cable companies to give consumers a choice of Internet service providers. Some cable companies already provide consumers some choice. Story Copyright © 2004 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.