moby866
Premium
join:2000-10-07
Above you | TWC and Concast, just take the money!
I think they should run the ads, since SBC will never actually get the IPTV deployed beyond gated communities. |
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Murray3
join:2001-03-06
Texas
2 edits | Since when was Cable supposed to support Telco?
Why should a Cable company drum up support for telco deregulation? I don't understand why SBC are complaining... it's not like Comcast and TWC are telco companies.
If SBC want to drum up support for it, then they should do it. |
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russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA | Payback
I think SBC should disconnect Time Warner and Comcast's phones. |
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Scotty6595
join:2005-04-03
Frisco, TX | The ads are running in Dallas...
Comcast ran one of the SBC ads this morning here in dallas on FOX 4 around 7:30am. Don't know what the fuss is about... |
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icp1
Premium
join:2000-10-13
Saint Louis, MO
clubs:
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| said by Scotty6595  :Comcast ran one of the SBC ads this morning here in dallas on FOX 4 around 7:30am. Don't know what the fuss is about... Probably wasn't comcast running the ad, probably was a local station ad only (especially since it was on a network/non-cable channel). |
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Gfox25
join:2002-07-25
Richmond Hill, NY | reply to russotto
Re: Payback
SBC TECH1: did you do what i ask?
SBC TECH2: Yup.
SBC TECH1: damn the cables out again.... |
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why_shoud_they
| reply to moby866
Re: TWC and Concast, just take the money!
why should they.. it cuts into their quadrupled profits |
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sherman10570
join:2000-10-15
Pleasantville, NY
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Forced ads?
said by BBR:
Or should cable companies be forced to run telco political ads?
When is a cable company (or any media outlet for that matter) forced to run any ads? Welcome to our free market society - companies can choose to take ads if they want to.
The only thing broadcast companies are forced to air are PSAs (Public Service Announcements), but even then the airtime required is very minimal. Most air them at the very start and end of the broadcast day.
- Sherman
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX
| Conflict of interest
To be honest if SBC is paying for open add space Comcast should be playing the ads. The advertising segment of the cable companies should be separate from the political side. I see satellite service ads all the time on cable channels. That's definitely giving the competition ad space. What makes this different?
This is the sort of thing that screams of censorship. If they decide not to run ads because it's against their agenda what is going to stop them from doing things like not running ads for politicians they don't agree with? No ads for other companies they compete with (directly or indirectly)? No ads for movies they don't like? |
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ib50MbSoon
Formerly TwoKDialup
Premium
join:2002-06-07
Coloma, MI | That's ironic!
Funny how SBC promotes the dish as a superior TV solution yet wants to advertise on Comcast.
And maybe if SBC actually deployed IPTV beyond gated communities, they could promote their agenda to a larger audience. |
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woody7
Premium
join:2000-10-13
Torrance, CA | Hmmmmmmmmmm
I guess there is no honor among thieves
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Wildcards2000
@washdctt.d | reply to russotto
Re: Payback
"I think SBC should disconnect Time Warner and Comcast's phones."
Good One.  |
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to SRFireside
Re: Conflict of interest
The difference is, they're required to run ads by political candidates. But they can sell they're ad space to whomever they please. Most satelite ads you see are probably run by local channels or network ad space, which, as a previous poster mentioned is still available to SBC. |
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wolfox
Gentle Wolfox
join:2002-11-27
Dunnellon, FL
| reply to SRFireside
said by SRFireside :What makes this different? I'll tell you what makes it different. It's the current "Hot button topic" of contention between the cableco's and the telco's. It's the same thing as why one older brother teases a younger brother over something totally insignificant. ;>
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Nothwest Arkansas' ONLY all Techno Radio Webcast, powered by SBC DSL! |
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audiog
join:2004-08-09
Detroit, MI
| reply to why_shoud_they
Re: TWC and Concast, just take the money!
First Time Warner and Comcast are Competitive LECs not Incumbent LECs.
Second SBC wants to over turn the public good part of the Telecom act so they don't have to install anything beyond copper in areas that they deem economically unfit.
Three by doing this they can charge the customers and telcos in those areas more fees because they will say that is cost them more money to service those areas.
Four SBC and the other Regional Bells have been lobbying in the telco world that there is competition and the FCC should let them buy their biggest competitors MCI and AT&T to compete with the Cable companies. The limiting factor in that argument is that a Cable operator dose not have a contiguous network like the Telcos by the nature of the cable business. Time Warner by far has the biggest Telco network of all of the Cable companies but not like other of like sized Telcos.
And lastly, any thing that a RBOC wants for the telco world is in their best interest and not of the consumer or competition. Let see.....SBC buying AT&T who had the best telco legal team that helped competitive LECs to get a foot in the door the second best legal team was MCI's. RBOC have charged CLECs from 100% markup for collocation power to hiring mathematicians to create a operations cost models that only mathematicians can understand after one year of analyzing the data and then it is still a mystery why they charge what they charge. |
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DrTCP
Yours truly
Premium,ExMod 1999-04
join:1999-11-09
Round Rock, TX
| reply to Scotty6595
Re: The ads are running in Dallas...
said by Scotty6595 :Comcast ran one of the SBC ads this morning here in dallas on FOX 4 around 7:30am. Don't know what the fuss is about... Ad spots are divided between cable provider and the content provider (station/network). If the slot belongs to content provider SBC can have its ad inserted into that spot. This is the same way Satellite TV gets its ads on your TV. |
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visguy
join:2005-04-28
Wichita Falls, TX | reply to Murray3
Re: Since when was Cable supposed to support Telco?
Comcast and TWC offer telephone service (in selected markets), why shouldn't they be considered telcos. |
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Mordhem
Love it, Hate it.
join:2003-07-10
Baltimore, MD | reply to why_shoud_they
Re: TWC and Concast, just take the money!
I wait for the day verizon crushes sbc. |
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