Gene Kimmelman
Gene Kimmelman
Gene Kimmelman is a consumer protection advocate who specializes in competition law and United States antitrust law...
analysis cause distance increase internet phone price provider service treated
Ultimately, dialing up an Internet Service Provider will be treated as a long- distance phone call. Everything about the FCC's analysis indicates that this will cause a price increase for the consumer.
combining great lakes local markets monopolies opened plus rio telephone
What they're doing is combining local telephone monopolies from the Rio Grande all the way to the Great Lakes plus California. These are markets that have not been opened to competition.
extremely officials require
We'll be extremely disappointed if antitrust officials do not require more substantial divestment of assets.
cable company consumers continue final government oversight prices
The prices are soaring. With the end of final government oversight of cable rates, the prices will continue to soar, because most consumers do not have a choice. There's only one cable company in their community.
enormous failure oversight phone
This demonstrates the enormous failure of antitrust oversight of the phone industry.