NCTA Charges that FCC Chairman’s Data About Cable Prices Are Flawed and Incomplete

2/15/2008, WASHINGTON, D.C. – FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s continued use of incomplete data about cable prices paints a picture that is both deceptive and false because it omits critical information about the competitive marketplace, ignores the dramatic enhancements to video service over the last ten years and relies on outdated, flawed and much criticized methodology, National Cable & Telecommunications Association President & CEO (NCTA) Kyle McSlarrow said in a letter sent today to members of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

“In testimony before your Subcommittee on Wednesday, FCC Chairman Martin sought to justify his repeated and controversial efforts to impose numerous new burdensome regulations on the cable industry by claiming cable prices have risen by nearly 100 percent over the last ten years,” the letter states. “By omitting important information, the continued use of this data paints a picture that is both deceptive and false. Your Subcommittee deserves, and should expect, the leader of any expert agency to provide you with accurate and complete information.”

NCTA is the principal trade association for the U.S. cable industry, representing cable operators serving more than 90 percent of the nation's cable television households and more than 200 cable program networks. The cable industry is the nation’s largest broadband provider of high-speed Internet access after investing more than $130 billion to build a two-way interactive network with fiber optic technology. Cable companies also provide state-of-the-art digital telephone service to millions of American consumers.

Source: National Cable & Telecommunications Association

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