Just Comcastic

7:36 pm EST August 28th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Comcast has been given a license to be more awful than they already are.

Comcast, the nation’s largest cable television provider, can grow bigger if it wants to after a federal court decision Friday that tossed out a rule preventing cable companies from controlling more than 30 percent of the U.S. market.

The rule, set by the Federal Communications Commission in 1993, has been in legal challenge nearly since its inception, with cable companies arguing that it was unconstitutional and the FCC and some consumer advocates saying it was necessary to prevent one company from controlling the market and gouging consumers. The FCC imposed the cap after Congress passed the 1992 Cable Act, which said the agency must set ‘reasonable limits’ on the number of customers a cable company can have.

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3 Responses to “Just Comcastic”

  1. Southern Quaker says:
    August 28, 2009 at 8:25 pm

    Anyone else remember the short-lived sci-fi show “Max Headroom?” Twenty minutes into the future is now.

  2. sherifffruitfly says:
    August 29, 2009 at 12:23 pm

    I missed the analysis on whether or not the ruling is correct, as a matter of law, meaning that something at some level of law needs to be changed.

  3. White Whale says:
    August 29, 2009 at 7:04 pm

    Comcast can chupa mi penga! I can now add this along with astronomical prices and customer service that has an attitude with customers. Wow.