--------------------------------------------------------------------- The Evening Bridge - March 09, 2006 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY -- A group made up of EchoStar and small cable and telecommunications interests, including the American Cable Association, sent a letter to Capitol Hill today addressing what it said is the ongoing abuse of retransmission consent rules. The group's letter, which was sent to all House and Senate members, called retransmission consent "outdated" and claimed that the regulations make it difficult "for distributors to provide consumers with high-quality advanced services at reasonable prices." Details of the letter will be in Friday's SkyREPORT.
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That's a 200 percent jump over the year earlier numbers and it represented more than 322,700 connected homes," reports The BRIDGE. "To be sure, a large number of those 650 connected communities have a big Verizon sign over them... However, notes fiber research guru Michael Render of Render, Vander-slice & Associates, 'Until a year ago, the majority (of FTTH communities) were non-RBOCs.' And in terms of successful take rates, the smaller telcos and cooperatives continue to score the majority of home runs." 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