NATOA, Others Oppose FCC Cable Effective Competition Proposal

The FCC's proposed rule in the effective competition proceeding will hurt consumers and lead to higher prices, said the Alliance for Community Media, American Community Television and the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors in a letter to the FCC posted Tuesday in docket 15-53. It will do so because no basic service tier of any cable provider will be subject to local rate regulation, the letter said. The commission should narrow the scope of this proceeding and ensure that any action taken doesn't impose additional burdens on local governments or subject consumers to higher prices, it said.