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Subject: Don't get squeezed by Big Cable
If you're fed up with constant cable rate hikes, poor service and a lack of local and independent programming, the FCC needs to hear from you -- right now.
The FCC may allow the three largest cable companies to control up to 90 percent of the cable TV and broadband market in the United States.
Cable costs are growing at more than five times the rate of inflation. But giant cable companies aren’t content to merely gouge you. As they control access to more American homes, big cable will have final say over the shows and channels you can watch.
In the future, video, telephone and Internet services will all be provided via the same "pipes." Giants like Comcast and Time Warner -- which are poised to get even bigger if the FCC approves their takeover of Adelphia -- are positioning themselves to be the ultimate gatekeepers of the media you’re allowed to access and create.
Tell the FCC not to give more monopoly control to cable giants: http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=27574042&url_num=3&url=http://www.freepress.net/fcc/comment.php?d=92-264The FCC needs to hear from you. Act now to stop the consolidation of the cable industry.
Onward,
Robert W. McChesney
President
Free Press
www.freepress.net
P.S. The FCC needs to hear from thousands of concerned citizens. Please forward this message to everyone you know.