Massachusetts Effective Competition Arguments Wrong, TWC Says
Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable arguments that a Time Warner Cable analysis of the state of cable competition in Adams, Massachusetts, are flawed are in themselves wrong, TWC said in an FCC reply posted Friday. It responded to MDTC…
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opposition (see 1601190068) to the company's petition seeking a declaration that Adams is subject to effective competition. Each of the eight additional ZIP codes missing from MDTC's analysis of Adams represents a residence, and should be counted for purposes of calculating competing provider penetration there, TWC said. MDTC's proposal to discount Adams' direct broadcast satellite numbers because of seasonal homes in Adams goes against FCC precedent, TWC said. Even if that subscriber count were discounted, TWC said, Adams would still reach the 15 percent of DBS subscriber penetration that's the statutory threshold for determining effective competition exists, TWC said. MDTC didn't comment.