Effective Competition Rule Change Benefits Consumers, ACA Says
Adoption of the FCC proposal to make presence of cable effective competition a rebuttable presumption would reduce the costs incurred by the commission in addressing effective competition petitions and cable carrier costs in filing them, said the American Cable Association…
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in a meeting with an aide to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn Thursday. “The benefits that would flow to consumers from the adoption of the Commission's proposal outweigh the hypothetical harms" suggested by opponents of the proposal, ACA said in docket 15-53. “Adoption of the Commission's proposal will enhance competition by leveling the regulatory playing field between cable operators and their less regulated competitors.”