FCC Frees Comcast From Rate Regulation in Many New Jersey Communities
Comcast basic-cable rates are no longer regulated by Princeton, Toms River nor a few dozen other New Jersey municipalities with a few hundred thousand households total as of the 2010 census, said FCC Media Bureau orders (here and here) in…
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Tuesday's Daily Digest. The cable operator cited video competition from DirecTV, Dish Network and/or Verizon in each locale. Some of the communities and New Jersey Rate Counsel Division opposed the petitions for determination of effective competition. The bureau rejected the opposition. The FCC recently found effective competition for operators including Comcast in parts of various states (see 1602190036, 1602240037, 1602180042, 1601220003 and 1603170030).