Date:16/03/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/03/16/stories/2006031601601004.htm

Opinion - Letters to the Editor

Cable reform

The incisive editorial, "An opportunity for cable reform" (March 15), is timely. It is another wake-up call to the authorities. As rightly pointed out, the growth of the industry has been rather amorphous. Enjoying monopoly in their self-assigned areas, cable television operators have become a law unto themselves. Reining them in is an urgent need, as there is no grievance redress mechanism at present.

K.D. Viswanaathan,
Coimbatore

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One expects better quality of service in the private sector due to competition but cable operators have proved the expectation wrong by their monopolistic collusion.

S.V. Krishna,
Visakhapatnam, A.P.