FCC’s Adelstein Blasts Martin Over Small Cable Regs

FCC'S ADELSTEIN BLASTS MARTIN OVER SMALL CABLE REGS
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein is accusing FCC Chairman Kevin Martin of trying to swamp small cable operators with needless regulation while giving a pass to a colossal telecom players like Verizon. In a statement Thursday, Commissioner Adelstein noted that the FCC issued Verizon a waiver from expensive cable set-top box mandates but didn't do the same for many mom-and-pop cable companies that lack the resources to buy consumer equipment in bulk or hire lawyers to fight Washington bureaucrats. “We,” Commissioner Adelstein began, referring to hand-picked Martin aides in the Media Bureau, “gave a waiver to a new market entrant that is bigger than the entire cable industry and has over 300,000 subscribers, while smaller cable operators are required to deploy much more expensive set-top boxes to their customers.”
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