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: FOR RELEASE:        Immediate  
: June 19, 2006              

: CONTACT:        Jason Butkowski         
: Tel: (609) 292-5215               
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:  Doria Cable Competition Bill Heads to Governor's Desk 

:          TRENTON - Senator Joseph V. Doria, D-Hudson, issued the following 
:  statement today regarding the Senate's final legislative approval, by a 
:  vote of 31-5, of a bill that would foster cable competition in New Jersey 
:  and allow telecommunications companies to compete in the television 
:  broadcast arena: 
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:          "New Jerseyans will soon be able to see real savings on their cable 
:  bills, as Statewide franchises for cable TV puts downward pressure on 
:  rates and cable companies have to provide better deals for their consumers 
:  or get priced out of the market.  With the Governor's signature, cable 
:  competition in New Jersey will become a reality. 

:          "Where TV service providers have been allowed to compete, the rate 
:  reductions have been phenomenal.  In Texas, where competition was embraced 
:  with a statewide franchise agreement similar to what we're proposing in 
:  New Jersey, cable bills went down between 30 and 40 percent.  These are 
:  results that cannot be ignored. 

:          "In a free marketplace, the ultimate winner is the consumer, and 
:  that will be the case with television broadcasting services.  For so long, 
:  the very nature of cable TV kept competition out, and rates were set 
:  arbitrarily.  Now, the technology is there to build a competing 
:  infrastructure, and we can finally bring free market mentality to bear, to 
:  the benefit of New Jersey's cable TV consumers. 
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:          The bill now heads to the Governor's Desk to be signed into law. 
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