Cable franchise areas in the Minnesota counties of...
Cable franchise areas in the Minnesota counties of Ramsey and Washington urged the FCC to deny or defer Comcast’s petition that it is subject to effective competition and thus should be freed from local rate regulation. Cable systems are presumed…
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not to be subject to effective competition “unless and until the commission makes an affirmative finding that there is effective competition in response to a petition for special relief,” Ramsey-Washington Counties Suburban Cable Communications Commission said in its opposition to Comcast’s petition for special relief (http://bit.ly/109MQUm). The data that Comcast uses to show it has satisfied the effective competition test “has long been criticized as unreliable,” it said. As DBS penetration hasn’t proven to be an accurate indicator of competitive pressure sufficient to constrain prices in cable franchise areas, it would be consistent “with the weight of the evidence, congressional intent, the public interest and reasoned decision making for the commission to adjust its effective competition policy in light of market realities,” it said.