| TV is a communications service? From the news article:
"As the Commission has found, from 1995 to 2005, cable rates have risen 93%. In
1995, cable service cost $22.37 per month. Prices for expanded basic cable service have now almost doubled. The trend in pricing of cable services is of particular importance to consumers. Since 1996 the prices of every other communications service (such as long distance and wireless calling) have declined while cable rates have risen year after year after year."
I question Martin's assertation that cable TV is a communications service. I have never used my tv to communicate with anyone, rather it's a source of information and entertainment.
Last time I checked, athlete's salaries, actors salaries, movies prices, tv syndication rights, and tv sports contracts have skyrocketed, and it's my understanding that these things play no small part in the rates for pay TV service. I don't think any of those things come into play when considering my long distance bill.
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kudos:3 | reply to PaulHikeS2
The commission is a joke. in 10 years, rates have doubled.. And? Have they seen the price of gas more than triple in half the time?
Prices go up. In 10 years, cable has changed from being a 60 channel service with one of each premium, in many systems, to over 300 available channels, with 2-way services, OnDemand, etc.
As you said, other costs go up as well which influences the cost of the very product being sold here.
So Martin, in all his glory  is comparing telephone and long distance to cable tv? Cellular and Long Distance was always over priced, and new technology. Cable TV has been offering more and more. Long distance was always over priced in my opinion too. 25 cents per minute? Really... Also, what Martin doesn't pay attention to is that he needs to compare cable TV to prepaid or no-contract cellular service. If he did, he'd see that cell phones aren't cheaper when you compare total cost of ownership. It's just packaged, and contracted to LOOK like a "good deal"..
Second, he's comparing two different industries... and if he wants to say he's not and that he can certainly compare the two, then I wish he and his other buddies would compare the rise in cost of the TV services to the cost of a price of gas.
Not all things are equal and should be compared. I will, however, compare him to a telephone shill - his policy is 100% geared to that industry.
The sooner this dork is out of office, the better.
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