United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-05-06 monographic deposited born digital 15 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-742T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-742T P0b002ee18037b870 f:d03742t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-742T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-742T GAO-03-742T Cable television Surveys Data collection Data integrity Competition Testimony A06830 Over 65 percent of American households currently subscribe to cable television service. There has been increasing concern that cable television rates have been rising aster than the rate of inflation for the last few years. As required, on a yearly basis, FCC prepares a report on cable rates in areas that face and those that do not face effective competition--a term defined by statute. For information used in this report, FCC maintains information on the competitive status of cable franchises and annually surveys a sample of cable franchises. GAO examined (1) the reliability of information that cable companies provided to FCC in its annual survey regarding cost factors underlying cable rate increases and (2) FCC's process for updating and revising cable franchise classifications as to whether they face effective competition. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-742T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-742T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-742T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-742T.pdf GAO-03-742T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-742T Testimony GAO-03-742T; Telecommunications: Data Gathering Weaknesses In FCC's Survey Of Information on Factors Underlying Cable Rate Changes; Cable television Surveys Data collection Data integrity Competition