Mark Holtz
04-02-03, 03:34 PM
From Yahoo/USA Today (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=677&e=4&cid=677&u=/usatoday/20030402/bs_usatoday/5023783):
Comcast's fee increase raises questions
Comcast inadvertently swatted a hornets' nest when it recently raised high-speed Internet rates by about 33% for some customers it picked up from its merger with AT&T Broadband.
The Consumers Union and the Consumer Federation of America have asked the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether Comcast violated antitrust laws by raising Internet fees only for customers who don't also subscribe to cable TV. They'll pay about $57 per month, $14 more than subscribers who also order TV service.
''My fear is that this is the first salvo in an effort to drive satellite broadcasting out of business in the urban and suburban markets,'' says Consumers Union's Gene Kimmelman.
Full article here (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=677&e=4&cid=677&u=/usatoday/20030402/bs_usatoday/5023783)
Comcast's fee increase raises questions
Comcast inadvertently swatted a hornets' nest when it recently raised high-speed Internet rates by about 33% for some customers it picked up from its merger with AT&T Broadband.
The Consumers Union and the Consumer Federation of America have asked the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether Comcast violated antitrust laws by raising Internet fees only for customers who don't also subscribe to cable TV. They'll pay about $57 per month, $14 more than subscribers who also order TV service.
''My fear is that this is the first salvo in an effort to drive satellite broadcasting out of business in the urban and suburban markets,'' says Consumers Union's Gene Kimmelman.
Full article here (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=677&e=4&cid=677&u=/usatoday/20030402/bs_usatoday/5023783)