Comcast blows off FCC inquisition, could face fines

Tsk, tsk. It seems that Comcast has all the time in the world to investigate just how high it should push cable rates, but not a moment to really sit down and answer questions from the FCC. Okay, so maybe that's a touch harsh, but it's really not far from the truth. It's stated that Comcast provided an "inadequate response" to a recent FCC request for "information on cable company policies as they switch to digital signals." As you could likely guess, Comcast isn't the only guilty party, but chairman Kevin Martin did pick on Comcast's "narrative" of a reply. Comcast alleges that fully completing the request would've required 1,500 man hours, and while we don't doubt the legitimacy of such a claim, we'd still probably think twice before pushing back a half-hearted response to the almighty Federal Communications Commission.

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[(Unverified) Posted Nov 20th 2008 5:11PM]

of course they don't want to send a full response... there is no reason for the hikes they are throwing out there... they use upgrades to the infrastructure as an excuse. while that may be a valid excuse, the hikes they "offer" are not worth it IMO(and probably BS)... there are not many people that i know that really praise comcast for their offerings...

[politicalincorrectness Posted Nov 20th 2008 7:09PM]

Good, let the FCC crack down on em as much as possible, make them drop there rates too for only giving us maybe 30 HD channel's vs DirecTV's 100+. If DirecTV carried CBC from Canada, I'd be giving up my cable right now.

[Garst Posted Nov 20th 2008 11:29PM]

Don't they have a man on payroll to respond to requests like this? And doesn't he get paid the same reguardless of how often he dishes out fictional responses?