According to the Wall Street Journal, the US Justice Department is investigation cable/internet companies looking for evidence of anti-competitive behavior. Cable companies are imposing data caps and other restrictions that could be hindering the freedom of their Internet subscribers to drop cable TV and rely instead on online streaming and digital downloads.

It is about time for such an investigation. The cable companies are scared to death that entertainment will move decisively to the Internet, pay TV subscribers will drop their subscriptions, and the cable companies will be left selling only transport of data via “dumb pipes.” Those fears are all real, but the cable companies should not be allowed to stop a cheaper, more desirable market to develop.