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Message: [QUOTE="OttosBestFriend, post: 664788, member: 852"] [B]FROM DEADLINE.com[/B] [COLOR=#000000][I]Cable operators who feared that the [URL='http://www.deadline.com/tag/fcc/'][COLOR=#000000]FCC[/COLOR][/URL] might mandate a la carte TV pricing, or restrict companies’ ability to charge broadband customers based on how much they use the Internet, probably felt comforted by comments that two of the three current FCC members made today at the annual [URL='http://www.deadline.com/tag/the-cable-show/'][COLOR=#000000]Cable Show[/COLOR][/URL]. [/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][I]Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel indicated that she’s reluctant to promote a la carte — a key part of [URL='http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/john-mccain-cable-legislation-a-la-carte/'][COLOR=#000000]a bill sponsored by Sen. John McCain[/COLOR][/URL]. “Consumer practices are changing,” Rosenworcel says. “The ways that they access content are different today than they were even a year ago.” As a result, if there’s pressure for change it’s “going to be driven by consumers and not necessarily by legislation or regulation.” [/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][I]Her Republican colleague, Ajit Pai, added that people may be wasting their breath if they talk about regulations that might affect whether broadband providers base their pricing on how much bandwidth a consumer uses. “It’s a commonly accepted aspect of the consumer experience in this country in virtually every other field — the more you consume of something the more you should pay,” he says. What’s more, “the FCC’s authority here is relatively limited.”[/I][/COLOR] [B]LINK TO ENTIRE ARTICLE[/B] [url]http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/fcc-commissioners-have-little-appetite-to-regulate-cable-pricing-cable-show/[/url] [/QUOTE]

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