Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn solidified her role as the agency's tail gunner on Wednesday with a warning to the big ISPs that the FCC's patience with rising broadband subscription rates is wearing thin.

"When prices rise across the industry, and where there are only a limited number of players in the game, we have to ask ourselves whether there is any meaningful competition in the marketplace," Clyburn [URL=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-296790A1.pdf]declared[/URL] in a public statement. "Moreover, when executives from major broadband providers indicate that they will only roll out faster speeds in the few markets where they have competition, our fears about whether meaningful competition exists should grow." ([URL=http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2010/03/clyburn-high-broadband-prices-a-red-flag-for-fcc.ars]MORE[/URL])