{"id":61426,"date":"2018-12-04T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T08:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/?p=61426"},"modified":"2018-12-03T19:28:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T19:28:06","slug":"grange-pens-letter-in-support-of-continuing-comcast-nbcu-merger-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-pens-letter-in-support-of-continuing-comcast-nbcu-merger-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Grange pens letter in support of continuing Comcast-NBCU merger conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-61421\" src=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pen-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pen-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pen.jpg 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>On behalf of the 150,000 members of The National Grange, we believe it is in American consumers\u2019 best interest for Comcast and NBC-Universal to permanently operate under its 2011 merger conditions. The U.S. Department of Justice should take immediate steps to make the expiring merger conditions permanent in order to protect rural consumers from paying higher prices and having limited options in how they access video programming.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Comcast_NBCU_Grange-Letter-to-H.-Judiciary-Committee-113018-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL LETTER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On behalf of the 150,000 members of The National Grange, we believe it is in American consumers\u2019 best interest for Comcast and NBC-Universal to permanently operate under its 2011 merger conditions. 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