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Comcast May Face Rate Regulation in Boston, FCC Says
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Boston may regain power to regulate cable rates because anticipated competition didn’t materialize, the Federal Communications Commission said in an order that the city’s biggest provider Comcast Corp. can block.
The agency reversed its 2001 decision freeing cable service from rate regulation in Boston. Today’s action responded to Boston’s filing in May arguing that cable provider RCN Corp. wasn’t expanding, leaving most residents without a competing service, the FCC said in its order released by e-mail today.