Media Bureau Approves Local Rate Regulation for Massachusetts Town
The Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable (MDTC) still has the power to regulate basic cable service rates in Falmouth, the FCC Media Bureau said in an order Wednesday, dismissing as moot the town's petition for the bureau to reconsider…
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a determination that Comcast is subject to effective competition in some communities, including there. Citing a joint motion by Falmouth and Comcast requesting it remove the town from its list of communities where the operator is subject to effective competition, the bureau said MDTC has shown the effective competition presumption doesn't apply to the town.