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MAP Wants FCC to Enforce Consumer Choices for Cable Set-Top Boxes

Posted: Wednesday November 15, 2006

In a letter to the FCC, MAP joined with other consumer and public interest groups urging the Commission to finally move forward with implementation of the set-top box integration ban. In 1998, the FCC adopted the ban to ensure the commercial availability of set-top boxes and provide consumers with greater choices. As part of a series of efforts to stall competition, cable providers are again asking the FCC to delay the ban.

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