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Clyburn Asks for Tweet Complaints

FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn wants consumers frustrated with their phone, TV or broadband provider to tweet about their issues with the hashtag #consumersfirst, she said in a tweet Thursday. “Use #consumersfirst to share your story,” Clyburn said. “As an @FCC…

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Cmmr [commissioner] I want to hear about it.” Putting consumers first means “robust #competition, #reliable service, no #surprisebilling, #innovation and an #openInternet for all,” she said in another tweet. Clyburn criticized the set-top box market as not being pro-consumer. “Consumers pay avg of $200+ per year to rent their #SetTopBox, grossing video providers more than $20b annually. Is this #consumersfirst?”