25 Quotes by Gene Kimmelman

What they're doing is combining local telephone monopolies from the Rio Grande all the way to the Great Lakes plus California. These are markets that have not been opened to competition.

Ultimately, dialing up an Internet Service Provider will be treated as a long- distance phone call. Everything about the FCC's analysis indicates that this will cause a price increase for the consumer.

We'll be extremely disappointed if antitrust officials do not require more substantial divestment of assets.

The prices are soaring. With the end of final government oversight of cable rates, the prices will continue to soar, because most consumers do not have a choice. There's only one cable company in their community.

If approved, this merger will lead to higher local, long distance and cell phone prices for consumers across the country.

I think we are on a slippery slope to something that hopefully will be much better for consumers. Consumers could wind up with more choices and more control over what they spend and what they get.

We think this is really going to open up a whole new debate on the benefits of letting consumers pick their own channels on cable television.

There is no reason why they shouldn't be able to serve everyone in a community.

What happened today was (Martin) just blew an enormous hole in the fortress of the cable and broadcast monopoly,