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Cable Competition. Table of Contents I. Statement of the Problem ????? 4 II. ...
... Consortium v. FCC , 518 US 727 2. Facts of the Case Various regulations implementing
the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act, which ...
... the public. Resource AT&T (2007) AT&T Ready to Bring Choice and Competition
to Cable Subscribers in California. Retrieved on May ...
... The primary goal of the Act was to promote competition for local telephone services,
long distance telephone services, and cable TV services. ...
... Not surprisingly, the growth of cable through the importation of distant signals
was viewed as competition by local television stations. ...
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Table of Contents
I. Statement of the Problem …………………………………………………….. 4
II. Background Information ………………………………………………………5
III. Description of Methodology …………………………………………………...8
IV. Statistical Analysis ……………………………………………………………...9
V. Conclusions ………………………………………………………………….. 9
Abstract
At the beginning of January 2005, FCC data states that there were 37.9 million High-
Speed Internet lines deployed in the United States. Over 73 million American households
subscribed to cable television services with 34% of them having digital service
(Leichtman Research Group, 2005, p. 6). Residents in 78 of 120 communities in Wayne,
Oakland and Macomb counties have just one choice for cable service and pay 10 percent
more than their neighbors in communities with competition (Kurth, 2002, paragraph 2).
One company, Comcast Cable of Philadelphia – controls 75 percent of the market with 1
million customers.
Although Comcast Cable controls a large portion of the cable services in Metro Detroit,
they are facing intense pressure from competitors that are advertising lower monthly
cable rates then what Comcast charges. Also, in the areas where Comcast does not have
competition among cable providers, consumers pay higher monthly cable rates and
receive poorer services than those communities that Comcast faces competition
(Alexander, 1999, paragraph 11). To see if this is true, we took a sample of 216 cable
customers...
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