CableTV Price Wars Aren't Coming

Posted on March 26, 2007 - 10:48pm.

from: DSL Reports

Telco, CableTV Price Wars Aren't Coming
Says Wisconsin professor, despite think tank reports...

Posted 2007-03-26 10:00:59 by Karl ·

Wisconsin is just one of many states considering statewide cable franchising. The incumbents (and the think tanks who love them) there are issuing reports promising consumers lower TV prices if they support the idea of eliminating local franchise authority (and many consumer protections in the process). Local telecom professor Barry Orton is warning locals that these promises just aren't accurate. "This is a sock-puppet report repeating every one of AT&T's talking points over and over," Orton says. "It's based on false assumptions, wrong facts and biased research done by former telephone company 'economists.'" More detail on the local Wisconsin fight over franchise reform is available here, here, here and here

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