The Following Articles Discuss the Importance of Competition

• Michigan Telecommunications Act (MTA)

• Competition Reduced by Changes to the MTA

• PBS’s Net @ Risk

The PBS Net @ Risk Program is an insightful and important

message about the impacts of net neutrality and competition in

the telecommunication market.

           The market is changing rapidly and potentially not for the

better.  Competition has already been drastically reduced

among ISP, as the smaller companies are forced out by the

larger companies.  In the past few years, the number of

independently owned ISP across the United States

has fallen from 8,000 to under 2,000.

            Without a replacement mechanism for the lost

competition, prices will rise and access options will be

reduced.  CCC continues to strive to be one of the independent

ISP keeping the cost down for the consumer.