Key Issues

The video and telephone market in Texas and across the country is highly competitive.

Video Competition

Cable companies face intense competition in the video market. Federal law prohibits cities from granting exclusive franchise rights to one cable provider.  Many cities in Texas have more than one cable operator and there is statewide competition from satellite providers.

Multiple video providers – including Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS), alternative broadband providers like RCN, local telephone companies, and utilities – compete, each trying to provide unique new products while trying to outdo those provided by their competitors. As a result of this competition, a wide new array of services – both video and non-video – is available to consumers over several alternative broadband platforms, including cable, telephone, wireless, and DBS. Consumers today have real choices in the video market – and they are exercising those choices as Congress and the Texas Legislature intended.

Broadband Competition

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Phone Competition

In Texas, more consumers are choosing a cable company as their voice provider.