Jeannine Kenney
Jeannine Kenney
fault government helping issue keeping people stops upgrade
That's one issue that people haven't really recognized. This isn't about helping people upgrade technology. It's just about keeping what you have working when it stops working not through any fault of the electronics or the consumer, but through a government action.
explicit needs
There needs to be an explicit prohibition on discriminatory pricing.
anytime consumers harder jump talking
Anytime you're talking about bundles of services, you're really talking about making it harder for consumers to jump to other providers.
available beginning three top transition year
On top of that, they're making the coupons available at the beginning of 2008, a year before the transition even occurs, and they're only making them available for three months.
absent believe communication consumers control led meaning monitor network networks neutral operators until
Network operators have always functioned as neutral transmitters, meaning they don't control who you call, when you call, et cetera. So until this point, consumers were led to believe that they would not monitor communication on their networks absent a warrant.
compensate cost fair government keeping sets
We don't think that's fair if the government doesn't compensate them for the cost of keeping those sets working.
ensures millions virtually
We think this is unfair, unworkable and unacceptable. It virtually ensures that on Feb. 18, 2009, tens of millions of televisions go black.
action allow break cable choices control effort national television
Today's action kick-starts the national effort to give consumers' wallets a break and allow them more control over their television programming choices and cable bills.