Cable Rates

In the Dec. 11 article on cable deregulation, you actually interviewed some people who were surprised that cable rates had gone up instead of down. The cable companies have been bought and sold by people trying to rake off the profits. Each time they sell, the price goes higher and the investors have to raise prices. They have not increased the actual value or service to the customer at anywhere near the rate that the prices rose.

The cable company owners and the politicians who were in their pockets didn’t believe for a minute that the prices would drop. Why in the world anyone else fell for that line is beyond me.

ALEX MAGDALENO

Camarillo