Court of Appeals Rejects FCC's Cable Subscriber Cap

olsmeister writes "The US Court of Appeals Friday threw out the FCC's cap on the number of cable subscribers one operator can serve, saying the FCC was 'derelict' in not giving DBS its due as a legitimate competitor. 'We agree with Comcast that the 30% subscriber limit is arbitrary and capricious. We therefore grant the petition and vacate the Rule,' said the court, which concluded that there was ample evidence of an increasingly competitive communications marketplace and that cable did not have undue control on the programming pipeline. The FCC commissioner's statement (PDF) is available online."

Comments

Oh boy

[Anonymous Coward]

Think customer service is lousy now? Just wait until they add a few million more customers!

hahaha

Re:Ambigious Emotions

[sexconker]

If it was one giant log, fear.
If it was a bunch of smaller turds, laughter.

I am completely serious.

Re:Court of Appeals is fracking retarded.

[Dyinobal]

This is like saying that a Ford Festiva competes with a [insert sports car guys drool over here]!

Megan Fox?

Re:Not around here

[Anonymous Coward]

Not everyone has an unobstructed view to the south. What if you live on the north side of an apartment building? or have lots of trees in the way? or a tall building?

Satellite is simply not an option for a large number of people.

What about for those of us who live IN the South and have apartments facing the North? Are we in some sort of netherworld since we have clear views of the South, yet are perpetually facing our Yankee neighbors?

Read the Headline Again

[HiggsBison]

I just crapped my pants, but I'm not sure if it was from laughter or fear.

The headline says "...Rejects FCC's Cable Subscriber Cap".

It's "Subscriber Cap", not "Subscriber Crap".

(Yeesh!)