The pervasiveness of broadcast TV has shrunk as cable television has spread, yet the FCC is still monitoring the airwaves even as it allows cable broadcasters to do what they want.
The new law will widen the agency's monitoring to include all crossborder cable traffic (from the current limitations on the FRA to monitor only military radio communications).
"In the past week, our global monitoring system has picked up indications that this cable has finally been activated, although in a rather curious way, " wrote Doug Madory, Renesys' senior researcher.