Topic: PEG access

Report: Legislation didn't lower rates, aid consumers

LANSING -- A consumer and local government group says Michigan should reinstate more local cable TV regulation, to hold down rates and protect public access channels.

A Michigan law designed to reduce regulation and boost competition among cable TV companies took effect in 2007. But the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors said the anticipated competition and lower rates haven't materialized. And customer service, it said in a report issued Monday, has worsened.

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