] Cable-television prices rose 8.2 percent during the year
] ending July 1, 2002, an increase five-and- a-half times
] the rate of inflation during that period, the U.S.
] Federal Communications Commission said.

hmm...

1 economy in toilet
2 FCC willing to let competition die
3 ???
4 PROFIT!

Cable prices rise 8.2 percent, topping inflation, agency says