Cable television services in most areas of the countries are monopolies notorious for constantly raising prices. Cable companies force consumers to choose between highly priced packages or dropping cable service all together. Cable companies control significant broadband Internet access and are able to manipulate the market for people that drop their cable service. Cable content provides require more popular channels be paired with other channels operates by the same company. A former FCC chairman has stated that consumers could save 13% on their bills if they could pay only for the channels they watch. Legislation was also in the congress in 2013 but was unexpected to pass.
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