Sen. Clinton Weighs In on Cable-Contract Issue

SEN CLINTON WEIGHS IN ON CABLE-CONTRACT ISSUE
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Sen Hillary Clinton (D-NY) sent the Federal Communications Commission a letter in support of an effort to invalidate exclusive contracts between cable companies and apartment and condominium buildings. She said prohibiting the exclusive contracts could "help to close the gap" in the deployment of broadband service and provide "access to more capable technology and more diverse content at lower prices." Sen Clinton argued for making the change applicable to both new contracts and retroactively to existing ones, saying that she hoped the "new set of rules will ensure that the exclusive access arrangements are properly curbed both retrospectively and prospectively." Why is Clinton weighing into the regulatory underbrush of MDU contracts? She said in the letter that she had heard from "many" of her New York constituents about the "need for consumer choice in their video and broadband options," pointing out that New York had a high proportion of apartment dwellers, including minorities.
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