Okay, Folks…I haven’t had the time to fully research the “Cable Choice Bill” being shoved down our throats, but I do believe the sponsors behind it are full of it when they offer the prospect of our “cable rates going down.”

Something stinks…and, someone else has done a whole lot of research on the thing and sent me links…help yourself to these links for info and let me know what you think (I do not have time to research all of the links):

http://www.riedelcommunications.blogspot.com/

More links on efforts in different states to gut local control of franchising, and it looks like it’s almost always called “Cable Choice and Competition Now.” And, they’re all on the same page with this, and after it’s passed rates go UP, not down, and so do local taxes:

http://www.freepress.net/news/20796

http://www.wetmachine.com/item/327

http://www.wetmachine.com/item/406

http://saveaccess.org/node/875

http://ga3.org/matv/cable_choice_act.html

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070214005674&newsLang=en

http://kickasswebdesign.com/wordpress/2006/09/cable-customer-choice-and-competition-act-in-pa-is-quite-the-opposite/

http://www.indyaccess.org/telecommunications-and-media-reform/2006-issues/war-on-local-cable-franchises/

http://www.mediageek.net/?p=1521

And at the FCC level:

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20061221/080344.shtml

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