Customers Demanding Better From Cable!
Have your cable prices come down lately? And what about the service you get from your cable operator -- has that gotten better?
It was once the job of local governments to keep an eye on cable's monopoly power.
But in 2006, Michigan's state legislature deregulated the cable industry in our state. Since that time, cable's customer service has hit all time lows, and cable's rate increases continue to far outpace inflation. We'd like to do something about it.
It's now been two years since Michigan deregulated cable. See our report on how Michigan's cable customers have fared since cable's deregulation. Like with Enron and recent banking woes, deregulation hasn't led to good things for cable customers in our state. Read below to learn about the ten biggest disappointments of the cable experiment.
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The Top 10 Disappointments of Cable Deregulation
- There is No Objective Way to Fully Measure the Failures of PA 480
- Widespread Competition for Cable Companies Has Not Developed
- PA 480 Deregulated the Cable Industry Before Competition Really Developed
- Video Service Prices Have Hit All-Time Highs Since PA
480 Was Passed
- Cable’s Customer Service Has Plummeted to All-Time Lows Since PA 480 Was Passed
- Deregulation of the Cable Industry Has Threatened the Existence of PEG Programming
- Promised Jobs Haven’t Materialized as promised
- PA 480 has Damaged Local Economies
- PA 480 Has Dramatically Increased Litigation
- Bills Designed to Correct Some of These Problems Haven’t Moved
Click Here for the 10 Disappointments of Cable
Deregulation Report
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