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Posted this week on the communicators a discussion of the fccs proposal to open up the settop box market to competition and what that might mean for consumers and businesses. Joining us are two guests on both sides of this issue. George ford is a chief economist and mark cooper is Research Director for the Consumer Federation of america. Mr. Cooper what do you think about what they have proposed . Guest competition the settop market. We want competition, competition, competition. We think consumers would have lower prices and more choices if we got bigger as competition to. Host george ford. G...

Really hasnt, and we think consumers would have lower prices and more choices if we got vigorous competition into that space. Host george ford. Guest well, the fccs nprm asked the question whether the settop box is competitive, the first question x. Actually the first question is, is there a market for settop boxes, and in terms of whats delivered over the Cable Network, no, because the settop box is actually a component of the network. Thats the most efficient way to design and deliver Cable Television service, so its the cheapest way to do it, the most efficient way to do it, is so no market...

Meeting of the longterm budget for not able to all of what theres a lot of pieces we can work on and hopefully we can break it into areas of interest for members on the hill to work on and i would say key is bipartisan. Each piece has to be addressed by the republicans and democrats together. I think the maya is right on target. Our history, we have never had a Budget Commission that has exceeded. That tradeoffs are too broad. Weve had pieces, however. As closer commission is probably everyones best example. Members of Congress Want to be bailed out. They wanted to have someone else make those...

Tuesday night for the new york state primary. Join us at 9 00 eastern. Taking you on the road for the white house on cspan, cspan radio and cspan. Org. President obama delivers his last speech at the end of the month and this coming weekend they take a look back at the previous dinner routines. Heres a poerth of what you will see. No one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the donald. He can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter like did we make the moon landing. What heal happened and where are big e and tupac. All kidding aside. We know your credenti...

City taxi and Limousine Commission as well as chicagos. What we found is the number of taxi complaints per ride drastically decreased when uber and lift entered the market. Now, keep in mind this wasnt just long hauls. These were things like broken air conditioning, rudeness, radio too loud, or not loud enough, issues that, for example, if youve rid en in a taxi in d. C. , they have the taxicab riders bill of rights. These things have all been mandated, but whether or not theyre being achieved is left up to debate, but the entry of these new competitors is certainly forcing the current incumbe...