22 Quotes by Jeannine Kenney

Network operators have always functioned as neutral transmitters, meaning they don't control who you call, when you call, et cetera. So until this point, consumers were led to believe that they would not monitor communication on their networks absent a warrant.

If you are forcing consumers to adopt new technology -- whether or not they are ready -- you ought to provide full compensation for everyone.

Part of the problem is how far behind we are in broadband development. We still don't have a national broadband policy in this country to make it available to Americans at affordable prices.

Today's action kick-starts the national effort to give consumers' wallets a break and allow them more control over their television programming choices and cable bills.

What it means is you've got two players, two big market players ? cable and telephone companies ? controlling right now the primary two types of broadband service into the home.

We think this is unfair, unworkable and unacceptable. It virtually ensures that on Feb. 18, 2009, tens of millions of televisions go black.

We look forward to working with Senator McCain, other members of Congress, and the FCC on policies and legislation that will lower cable prices and bring greater cable channel choice to consumers.

We don't think that's fair if the government doesn't compensate them for the cost of keeping those sets working.

Consumers weren't adopting a technology that the government thought they should be adopting quickly, so government stepped in and said, you're going to adopt, and we're going to force you to adopt by basically making your television sets go blank if you don't either buy a digital TV or buy a converter box.