12-29-2008, 11:29 PM
lafinfil wrote:
I'm guessing that it is legal although that doesn't make it right.
Our town has always had a single cable operator but there is oversight by the city council on things like
raising rates and other issues. Frankly I don't think that it has worked to the consumers advantage.
The city of the years has gotten things like public access channels and one year the cable company
installed a camera system in city hall so the council meeting can be broadcast (wheeee!)
Meanwhile the rates goes up and the channel selection goes down. Probably less of an issue now, since there
are many other options (satellite, DSL Fiber, etc ...)
You probably could get a definitive answer from your states utility regulation agency
Seattle is like this. Since there is always the option for a sat dish, they can't be defined as a monopoly.