Since cable is required to have these channels, FiOS and U-Verse should have to as well. The way they have to go through U-Verse to access the channel is ridiculous. If U-Verse is ever exempt from carrying Public Access TV then cable should be exempt as well.
I agree on that.... regardless if one is 'cable' and one is 'internet based VDSL', they're both TV services that have the ability for local access and use local ROW. I personally wish that satellite had similar requirements (i.e. local weather). -- Canada = Hollywood North