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by Staff -- Multichannel News, 2/2/2009 2:00:00 AM
Why Charter’s Need For So Much Speed?
Charter competes with AT&T’s U-Verse in their St. Louis market. U-Verse’s top speed is 18 Mbps. Like Comcast, Charter is also increasing the speeds of other broadband tiers to coincide with its DOCSIS 3.0 strategy. They are increasing their 'Internet Max’ tier from 16 Mbps to 20 Mbps for no additional charge. You have to wonder if these increased speeds with their significantly increased costs are going to mean much in the market. It’s going to be a hard sell, but for a few, for $140/month broadband, no matter how fast it is. These moves are more about 'broadband bravado’ marketing right now, than taking significant market share. That being said, these speeds will become mainstream in the years to come, so Charter and Comcast are getting somewhat of a head start.
Bernie Aaronson, TelecompetitorTelecompetitor.com
Doctrine Raises Fair Questions
(RE: “Citing Obama Opposition, McDowell Warns Against Fairness Doctrine,” Multichannel.com, Jan. 28) How big a bureaucracy and how much litigation will this lead to? How does content get measured and who measures it? How many people who could otherwise (assumedly) be employed will this occupy? Also, doesn’t this solidify the two party system (a thing that developed naturally and ought to survive or die naturally)? How would “fairness” be afforded to socialists, greens, neo-Nazis and other fringe parties? If this ever comes to pass, I would suggest that Rush Limbaugh’s carriers hire the biggest wacko leftist/Communist they can find and offer him up as representing the left, as a means of compliance with the doctrine.
Dave Lekse, Indiana
Fairness Should Be Cross-Platform
TV channels are even scarcer than radio stations. Why aren’t Democrats calling for “fairness” in network news coverage? Imagine if CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC and CNN had to tell both sides of every story.
Kurtiss Jacobs, AttorneyCalifornia
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