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Article: GAO Wire-Based Study Not Realistic, PFF Officials Says.(Brief Article)
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- TelecomWeb News Digest
- Article date:
- February 16, 2004
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The General Accounting Office's new study, "Wire-Based Competition Benefited Consumers in Selected Markets," contains some interesting observations concerning the benefits that may result from one form of competition in the subscription television market, but it ignores the larger story of facilitiesbased competition provided by a broad variety of multi-channel providers. So says Progress & Freedom Foundation Senior Fellow and Director of Communications Policy Studies Randolph May, who believes the agency should have taken a more realistic view of the fast-growing digital, multi-channel marketplace.
In its report released Tuesday (Feb. 10), the GAO concludes ...