Missouri Telecom Update
February 3rd, 2006 by Brendan SteinhauserGriesheimer’s bill would spare phone companies from having to strike deals in each of the state’s 553 cable franchise areas and instead let them get a state-issued franchise allowing them to enter multiple markets.
A Federal Communications Commission report shows that for the year ending Jan. 1, 2004, cable TV prices were 15.7 percent lower in markets that had wireline competitors than in those without such competition.
That’s why Griesheimer believes the state must do something to spur competition.
“The consumer is going to win,” he said, “because it will drive down cable rates.”
March 17th, 2006 at 12:19 am
wee need sente bill 816 for outher cable tv componies in missouri also like everst and comcast cable i want to see everst and comcast cable in my are of kansas city missouri the historic norht east area right now here in old north east twc our dish network our directv are our only choices for calbr tv and twc is very high even though i am on thair all in one package but the down fall to that is that it is only good for 15 mounths after that it goes up $2.00 a year untail it is back up to full price and i am not going to be able to afforad it when it gets up to full price fight now i am paying 65.90 a mounth for dightal cable with hbo and 33.90 a mount for dightal phone and 33.90 a mounth for rodar runner and we need to get a bill like this for outher utliys in missouri like give us a choice for gas and power and light also in missouri the more choices that we have the better off we will all be and we need to put a stop to mnopliyes in missouri also i say yes to sente bill 816 i want more choices and so that i dont have to keep twc if i dont want to please pass this on to our sente ok i hope that we win and get waht all of us in missouri want more choices for everything from cable tv to gas and power and light to phone service and maybe evean water services
March 22nd, 2006 at 4:58 pm
Thank goodness someone is FINALLY doing something about this! I switched from cable nearly a year ago because the prices got so high.
A Former Consumer
St. Ann, MO
April 6th, 2006 at 8:53 am
I am currently having this issue as of noe because I am a student taking courses online and I live in a rural area but because of the limited choices I have in regards to interent access and the services that provide this in my area I am paying ridiculous amounts for a service that should cost 1/2 of what I am currently paying. It’s not fair to the consumer at all. If the government can’t stick it to us one way they have to get it some other way why not use something that so mainstream. What ever provider that offers such services should be given to the public to make the choice of using it not litigated by one single individual. The majority rules and that majority is and should be the consumer.