Comments on: Bush chooses Martin as next FCC chairman

Republican commissioner is expected to wield influence during period of radical change in the telecom and Net business.

[LarryO123]

Getting a fair deal from the Cable company

I am all for the "a la carte" approach!!!!

Who is the best person to contact to let our
representatives know what we the people want?
Does Martin have an E-mail address??

We need fair regulation of the prices ComCast
can charge for cable services. Since ComCast
took over for AT&T Broadband in my area, they
keep deleting channels from my cable package
telling me I have to purchase a bunch of
expensive packages just to get back two or three
channels back that I want.

Since ComCast is practically a monopoly, (and
many Condo Associations and Apartment Buildings
don't allow satellite dishes, or trees and/or the
terrain prohibit usage of a satellite dish),
essentially ComCast is a monopoly in many areas.

I work second-shift and all I want is about
twelve channels of programming at night THAT
ISN'T INFOMERCIALS. I would like to be able to
select the 12 channels that I want, without
having to purchase a multitude of packages of
channels.
Each package may have only three channels I would
ever watch, but I have to purchase that entire
package of channels to get the few that I want.

If they gave you your local channels and as a
starting baseline the choice of about 12
channels OF YOUR CHOOSING from any channel in the
category of the expanded analog channels and/or
also from the Digital channels (and gave you
these first 12 channels at a reasonable price), I
would be very very happy.

They could sell any combination of packages
of channels beyond the first initial 12 that they
see fit, but having to purchase all the packages
just to get the 12 that you want seems unreasonable. For someone that just wants basic
television, they stick you with paying for
features and channels you don't want, nor will
ever use.

They either should offer us better
introductory choices, or be broken-up so
competition and free market can provide the
consumer with a better deal.

Please help us in getting a fair deal from The Cable Company.

I appreciate your assistance.

Sincerely,

Larry Oliveto
Derry, New Hampshire 02028

[John Kuzak]

INFOMERCIALS

http://www.analogstereo.com/mercedes_cls_class_owners_manual.htm

[Gerald Quaglia]

This guy is scary

Look for him to try and censor everything including Cable and Satlite all in the name of decency and protecting children. I'm all for protecting children, but parents, not the government need to take this role especially when it comes to TV.