 LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | Mayor not too bright The Mayor, by "calling out" Charter just made an enemy. An enemy who, whether he likes it or not, still provides most of the cable service to his town. I hope he can build out his fiber network very quickly. Because Charter can make life miserable for the town in the meantime.
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| He probably assumes they were planning to do that anyway. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
 ·Verizon Online DSL
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·Comcast
| Yay Opelika! THe whole public-private partnership with Knology makes me a tad happier, even. Leave running ISP etc. ops to the people who do it for a living, and run the underlying network like a utility, for the betterment of all.
Looking forward to seeing how this all turns out |
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| i too like this approach. hope to see it work |
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 Steve BPremium
join:2004-08-02
Seattle, WA | reply to Karl Bode
Re: Mayor not too bright As if they weren't doing it already, lol. |
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said by Linklist:The Mayor, by "calling out" Charter just made an enemy. An enemy who, whether he likes it or not, still provides most of the cable service to his town. I hope he can build out his fiber network very quickly. Because Charter can make life miserable for the town in the meantime. Charter doesn't operate in a bubble. They still have a public service commission to deal with. |
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| State-Wide Fiber Now we need an Alabama state wide fiber plan 
Though it won't happen any time soon it's fun to pretend!!
I'm stuck right now with pseudo fiber (UVERSE)
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 nightshade74Yet another genxerPremium
join:2004-11-06
Prattville, AL
·Charter
| said by iLive4Fusion:Now we need an Alabama state wide fiber plan Considering Alabama has one of the lowest "take" rates
in the nation for Broadband... I wouldnt count on it.
»www.connectingalabama.gov is crafting a policy
but it's more concerned with getting something
to as many people as possible. |
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Re: Mayor not too bright They can drop rates like you wouldn't believe and run the Muni so far in debt that they can't sink or swim.
Triple play bundle $56 including taxes for a lifetime.
--digital tv with 2 boxes (1DVR), Plus Internet, Digital Phone unlimited local and long distance.
Id like to see the city compete with that. |
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Steve BPremium
join:2004-08-02
Seattle, WA | said by hottboiinnc:They can drop rates like you wouldn't believe and run the Muni so far in debt that they can't sink or swim. Triple play bundle $56 including taxes for a lifetime. --digital tv with 2 boxes (1DVR), Plus Internet, Digital Phone unlimited local and long distance. Id like to see the city compete with that. Got a point, however, that is what us consumers want. We desperately want viable competition....especially of the pricing variety. |
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"Id like to see the city compete with that."
You can when you don't have to answer to anyone and can just go back and get more money from the tax payers as needed. |
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Re: Yay Opelika! This is how Muni Projects should be done. Let the people vote and see if they are willing to foot the bill. Don't just make up the need and do it without the taxpayers approval. |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to hottboiinnc
Re: Mayor not too bright said by hottboiinnc:They can drop rates like you wouldn't believe and run the Muni so far in debt that they can't sink or swim. Triple play bundle $56 including taxes for a lifetime. --digital tv with 2 boxes (1DVR), Plus Internet, Digital Phone unlimited local and long distance. Then why haven't they done that BEFORE? |
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 rawWar EaglePremium
join:2001-01-17
Madison, AL
1 edit | reply to iLive4Fusion
Re: State-Wide Fiber said by iLive4Fusion:Now we need an Alabama state wide fiber plan Yeah... that'll happen.
In other news, the legislature has decided to re-write the constitution, abolish all blue laws, establish state-run casinos in every city, and made every Friday in football season a state-wide holiday.
Having lived in Auburn for 5 years (while suffering through Charter), I'm glad to see some competition coming to Lee County. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | reply to Linklist
Re: Mayor not too bright said by Linklist:The Mayor, by "calling out" Charter just made an enemy. Considering that a majority of voters in all five wards agree with the mayor it sounds like Charter is the one making enemies. Eventually the cable franchise will come up for renewal and Charter may find out the hard way that they can't fool all the people all the time. |
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 Tel
join:2001-10-12
·AT&T Southeast
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said by hottboiinnc:They can drop rates like you wouldn't believe and run the Muni so far in debt that they can't sink or swim. Triple play bundle $56 including taxes for a lifetime. --digital tv with 2 boxes (1DVR), Plus Internet, Digital Phone unlimited local and long distance. Id like to see the city compete with that. No they can't and anyone with a lick of business sense could see that. Just as they can't raise their rates on a whim, they also can't just lower them whenever they want. |
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why do they?
Ask your self that same question on Why sprint needs to service your area and you'll get the same reponse. |
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I don't know where you get your information from but YES they can lower their rates to anything they wish when ever they want. They don't have to ask the PSC or the PUC to raise rates like the telcos do. Cable may have to pay the state $$$ to operate in areas but they don't answer regarding pricing. Never have never will.
And yes a company of Charter's size or bigger could lower their rates that low and run ANY Muni into the ground faster than they can build.
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Re: Yay Opelika! and when its run into the ground who gets to pay? All of those people that never wanted the service to start off with. Why should it be fair for them to pay to build a network that has a 50/50 chance rate of going under. Would you want to pay for something that went under that you never wanted to start off with?
If so i'm sure there are several Munis that would like some green to help foot their bills on the networks that have failed that they're still paying off. Provo is one that comes to mind.
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Re: State-Wide Fiber ATT, TWC, and Charter at work :-D |
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