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News Clips and Releases
C4CC Warns of Unintended Consequences of Feinstein Bill Chemical Ban Exposes Children to Untested Toy Softeners: Washington, DC (February 27, 2008) Consumers for Competitive Choice (C4CC) Executive Director Jim Conran today urged the U.S. Senate to oppose legislation introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to ban phthalates from being used in children’s toys. Diisononyl phthalate (DINP) is a thoroughly tested and scientifically proven safe softener that is commonly used in infant toys.
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C4CC Urges House Commerce Committee to Encourage Broadband Competition: Washington, DC (May 9, 2007) Robust broadband infrastructure
will pave the way for dynamic consumer video applications in the next decade. The House should nurture that infrastructure and resist erecting barriers
that may frustrate its deployment, Consumers for Cable Choice (C4CC) told the House Commerce Committee in advance of Thursday's hearing on
the video marketplace.
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C4CC Urges House Commerce Committee to Encourage Broadband Competition: Washington, DC (May 9, 2007) Robust broadband infrastructure
will pave the way for dynamic consumer video applications in the next decade. The House should nurture that infrastructure and resist erecting barriers
that may frustrate its deployment, Consumers for Cable Choice (C4CC) told the House Commerce Committee in advance of Thursday's hearing on
the video marketplace. Read more
Letters to Congress and Testimonies
May 10, 2007
United States House Subommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
February 1, 2007
United States Senate Commerce Committee
January 31, 2006
United States Senate Commerce Committee
December 7, 2005
National Conference of State Legislatures Testimonies
August 4, 2005
Letter: I was delighted to learn
of your July 26, 2005, letter to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee
calling for an update of the nation’s telecommunications laws...
Sent to: Bayh | Carper |
Landrieu | Lieberman | Lincoln | Salazar July 27, 2005
Letter: I was delighted to see your July 16, 2005, letter calling for an update of the nation’s telecommunications laws...
Sent to: Pence
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Print Collateral
- Why does Cable Competition Matter? Find out why now. Look over our recently printed brochure to learn
more about why competition is so important to the cable consumers!
Research
- Broadband Internet Regulation and Access: Background and Issues:
Broadband or high-speed Internet access is provided by a series of
technologies that give users the ability to send and receive data at
volumes and speeds far greater than current Internet access over
traditional telephone lines. Currently, a number of telecommunications
companies are developing, installing, and marketing specific
technologies and services to provide broadband access to the home.
Meanwhile, the federal government — through Congress and the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) — is seeking to ensure fair competition
among the players so that broadband will be available and affordable in
a timely manner to all Americans who want it.
>>Read the Report [pdf]
- The Consumer Welfare Cost of Franchise Reform Delay:
Traditional phone carriers have announced ambitious multi-billon dollar
plans to bulk up their networks with fiber in order to deliver a range
of new services, including multi-channel video in competition with
video incumbents. This competition promises to benefit consumers
through lower prices, enhanced services and expanded choices from both
incumbents and new entrants. Actual market entry, however, faces a
significant barrier in the form of local franchise requirements that
are delaying entry and could postpone competition for a substantial
period of time. For that reason, public policymakers are being urged to
speed the delivery of new services to consumers by reforming the
franchise process.
>>Read the Report [pdf]
- Broadband Video Access and Economic Advancement:
Although cable infrastructure for years has passed most American
neighborhoods where small businesses operate and many cable companies
provide Internet access to small business customers, the small business
market historically has not been the focus of incumbent cable
companies.
>>Read the Report [pdf]
- Small Business Administration Details Rural Digital Divide’s Adverse Affects (2005):
This report was developed under a contract with the Small Business
Administration, Office of Advocacy, and contains informationand
analysis that was reviewed and edited by officials of the Office of
Advocacy. However, the final conclusions of the report do
notnecessarily reflect the views of the Office of Advocacy.
>>Read the Report [pdf]
- Franchise Fee Revenues After Video Competition: The "Competition Dividend" for Local Government
(November 2005): In response to federal efforts to reform the local
cable franchise process, state and local governments have argued that
proposed legislation will reduce local franchise fee revenues by at
least $300 million per year.
>>Read the Report [pdf]
- The Impact of Video Service Regulation on the Construction of Broadband Networks to Low-Income Households
(September 2005): This Policy Paper demonstrates that policies that
hinder a new entrant’s ability to sell video programming, such as
forcing entrants to obtain a local cable franchise agreement, will
strongly diminish that entrant’s incentive to deploy fiber to
low-income households.
>>Read the Report [pdf]
- US Public Interest Research Group (August 2003): “A Blueprint For Creating A Competitive, Pro-Consumer Cable Television Marketplace”
>>Read the Story [pdf]
- Washington Monthly Magazine (June 1989): “Why Cable Costs So Much: How Politicians and Cable Companies Conspire to Make Cable TV Overpriced
”
>>Read the Story [pdf]
- MIT Communications Futures Group working paper (March 2005): “Can We Avoid Repeating the Mistakes of the Past in Telecommunications Regulatory
Reform?”
>> Read the Report [pdf]
- U.S. General Accounting Office (March 25, 2004): “Subscriber Rates and Competition in the Cable
Television Industry”; In the 2% of the market where there is wire-based competition, prices are about 15% lower (p.6-7)
>> Read the Report [pdf]
- Consumer Federation of America/Consumers Union (January 2003): “Cable Mergers, Monopoly Power and Price Increases”
>>Read the Report [pdf]
Government Information
- U.S. Congress - Thomas
is the searchable database for legislative information in the House of
Representatives and the Senate. Additional links on the site provide a
wealth of information on the two legislative bodies and the legislative
process.
- House Energy & Commerce Committee & Senate
Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee -
These two congressional committees are responsible for writing the laws
that will determine whether Americans will have more choice in the
cable television market.
- Federal Communications Commission
- The FCC is the main regulatory body that is responsible for policy
and rule making in the communications field. Read the FCC’s cable
television fact sheet here.
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