TV competition could save consumers big bucks | CNET News.com

"Competition in the cable TV market from phone companies could save consumers big bucks, according to a new study released Monday by an economist at the University of California at Berkeley.

Yale Braunstein, professor in the School of Information at UC Berkeley, found in a study focused on the California cable television market that prices dropped 15 percent to 22 percent when cable companies competed with another wireline paid-TV provider, such as a telephone company."