The FCC should deny effective competition petitions submitted...
The FCC should deny effective competition petitions submitted by Comcast for 37 Massachusetts communities because the data on which they're based is unreliable, said the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable in opposition comments filed with the FCC Friday (http://bit.ly/15RloJ9).…
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“If the FCC does not deny the Petitions outright, it should at least require Comcast to submit more accurate data prior to allowing the Petitions,” said MDTC. The petitions it’s disputing are for communities all over the state, including Dover, Foxborough, Mendon and Bellingham. “Comcast’s data show total multichannel video penetration rates of over 100 percent” in 21 of the communities named in its petitions, which has caused the FCC to reject other effective competition petitions, MDTC said. “The FCC stated that data yielding penetration rates that exceed 100 percent of the households in a franchise area are ‘obviously inaccurate,'” MDTC said. The commission should deny Comcast’s petitions, or at least the 21 that show more than 100 percent MVPD penetration, MDTC said. Comcast didn’t comment.