NC Legislature Approves Cable Franchise Reform
July 14th, 2006 by Sean FlynnThe North Carolina legislature approved a measure Tuesday that will eliminate franchise agreements between cable providers and county and municipal governments, ending the government-sanctioned monopoly cable tv providers have on video programming. Under the new provisions, any company that wishes to offer television service over phone lines or broadband internet can enter the market. This is a huge win for North Carolina consumers, as the increased competition in the video programming market will mean more choices and lower prices.
January 11th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
As much as I am happy to hear this, I doubt seriously that anything will become of it that will benefit the consumers of NC. Government and especially local government doesn’t relish the thought of giving up free tax revenue if it absolutely has to and then it does so by kicking and screaming all the way through the court system because the longer it stays in the courts the longer the local governments can keep collect a tax in which they provide nothing to the taxpayer, hence the term, “Free tax.” As with anything connected with the government, ” We’ll believe it when we see it.”