In August Rep Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) asked the Federal Communications Commission to act promptly to address the "grave and immediate" challenges to public, educational, and governmental (PEG) cable channels. She indicated that AT&T and Comcast "are exercising inappropriate control over PEG channels to make them less accessible to viewers, and are claiming the right to provide PEG channels without the functionality, at a lower quality or at an effectively higher price than, for example, broadcast channels carried on the basic cable service tier." FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has now replied saying he hopes the Commission will be able to act soon. "Staff of the Commission's Media Bureau is evaluating the record developed in the proceeding," wrote Chairman Genachowski, "and I hope that the Commission will be in a position to address the issues raised in the petitions in the near future."
