Comcast rejects antiwar ad

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On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 at 4:26pm Nomiprins at aol.com wrote:
>
> True. But it's a question of degree. Comcast cable
> stations are watched by almost 30% of the population. The
> FCC, Comcast and others are pushing to have that cap
> raised from 30% to 45%. If the cap gets raised, Comcast is
> in financial position to acquire a few more ailing cable
> companies, like Charter, to reach it. That would mean that
> almost half of the population would have no choice but to
> get their cable TV though Comcast.

Excuse me, but those Charter/Comcast/Warner/XYZ Corp
customers have no choice now!  Cable TV is a monopoly in
almost every market that it exists.  Personally, I'm with
Nathan on this issue, I think competition has been a massive
and total failure and the industry should be re-regulated.
Let them be a (regulated) monopoly, I don't care, but with a
universal service mandate.  But that's as likely to happen
as Bush is likely to actually do anything useful about AIDS,
i.e. p <.00001

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