fiberguy
My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20
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Re: Idiots...
The only thing I said I was upset about the FCC is that they fined TWC 'for not notifying the local Franchise Authority'.. that to me doesn't sit right. The local F/A should be doing the fining, not the FCC. That's almost like a state trooper writing a speeding ticket on a city street and keeping the ticket money.
One thing I'm not is a federalist. I do not believe in Federal government getting involved in the business of the states. I personally feel the FCC needs to get back to dealing with interstate stuff and allocation of frequency and that's it. I don't think they should be involved to the level they are. So, that's what drives about 50% of my anger towards the FCC. Besides, on an unrelated 'rant'.. the FCC has been a gateway to doling out favors to corporations and the bigwigs that run them at the expense of the states and the people where ultimately the top guys get rich and, most importantly, powerful. But anyway.. another topic for another time. |
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mech1164
I'Ll Be Back
join:2001-11-19
Lodi, NJ
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said by fiberguy  :Putting a dish in a bucket of cement, or attaching it to a mounting pod, commonly sold for satellite positioning, is not "attaching" anything to the sides or tops of the units. If that person who did just put a dish in a bucket of quickcrete was told to take it down or lose their home, the complex is 100% in violation of FEDERAL law. He'd be protected from eviction on that point alone. The apartment complex could easily be found guilty of violating the rights of the tenants as well if he wanted to press forward - and believe me, it's not hard. Under no certain terms will I try to encourage or press you to fight for what's right - that's your choice, but I WILL strongly disagree with you that you're with out options because you're not. So I guess I disagree with you on the "I wish it was that easy for us" comment.. What you guys should all do, if I were living there, is file a joint complaint with the Feds regarding the complex violating the law and see what happens. But that's me. Thing is you are taking it as though we have some common place to place that bucket. We don't It's all owned buy the apt owners. Fed or not we are screwed. It's hard to tell you without a pic. Don't have a camera at the moment. People here have tried many times all with the same result. As far as filing a complaint that's a no go to. Most people here barely know who's next to them. Some I don't want to know.(They are fairly frequented by the local police if you get my meaning)
Put it to you this way. I talk to the salesperson for the complex. Nice lady she is. She asked me about what could be done to improve the apts so that they sell better. She said that there were alot of vacancies lately and people were not as interested in the apts. Oh I told her. Maybe get some proper plumbing, allowing a dishwasher would be nice or a stackable washer dryer along with what we have been talking. She told me the Realty manager thought that some new siding and paint might do. As you can see we have long way to go before the rest of it  |
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wierdo
join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK
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said by fiberguy :The only thing I said I was upset about the FCC is that they fined TWC 'for not notifying the local Franchise Authority'.. that to me doesn't sit right. The local F/A should be doing the fining, not the FCC. That's almost like a state trooper writing a speeding ticket on a city street and keeping the ticket money. One thing I'm not is a federalist. I do not believe in Federal government getting involved in the business of the states. I personally feel the FCC needs to get back to dealing with interstate stuff and allocation of frequency and that's it. I don't think they should be involved to the level they are. So, that's what drives about 50% of my anger towards the FCC. Besides, on an unrelated 'rant'.. the FCC has been a gateway to doling out favors to corporations and the bigwigs that run them at the expense of the states and the people where ultimately the top guys get rich and, most importantly, powerful. But anyway.. another topic for another time. Personally, I'm what I'd call a semi-federalist. There are times when federal intervention is necessary, and there are times when it's useless.
Regardless, I think it's perfectly proper for the FCC to regulate cable companies, especially those that own franchises in several states. That doesn't mean I like how the FCC is being run in general lately. Amongst other things when it comes to big business, they are quite capricious. They treat the cable companies quite differently from the satellite companies, for example, even though the same laws (in general) apply to both.
A good example is this deal of them getting all up in Cox and TWC's shit over the CableCARD thing while letting the satellite companies completely ignore the telecom act's separable security requirement. (they have it, but they won't activate third party boxes)
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It's wierdo, not weirdo. Yes, I know that's not the 'proper' spelling of the similar english language word.  |
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jmr50
join:2000-05-14
Chantilly, VA
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What about my TV? I paid for it, and it has big digital cable ready sticker on it, and now it can't receive a third of the HD channels. Consumers have paid thousands of dollars for equipment which now can't be used as advertised (i.e., without a set-top box). The law which required separable security which didn't require it for just a few channels, it required it for all linear channels. I'm not sure why the law requires it for HDNet but doesn't require it for SciFiHD... and I don't care what they do to make TiVo users happy, it still does nothing for the millions of CableCard-enabled TVs out there. |
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wierdo
join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK
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| said by jmr50 :it still does nothing for the millions of CableCard-enabled TVs out there. There actually are very few cablecard enabled TVs being used with cards, sadly. The vast majority of them that aren't in MSO owned boxes are in TiVos, by something like a 10 to 1 margin.
That doesn't mean I disagree with your point or think that the tuning resolver is a real solution.
And as a side note, a large part of the reason for that low penetration is the cable companies themselves, leaving out SDV entirely. They misinform customers, many require a truck roll to have them installed, and they have such poor training on them that even when they send out an employee to do the install, it still often either doesn't work or takes hours for them to make it work.
It's really quite ridiculous.
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rv65
Let's just say I like Dublin Dr Pepper
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join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA | reply to jmr50
Most CableCard TV's don't have a USB port so they can't use the tuning resolver. Plus the TV manufacturer would have to make a firmware update. The tuning resolver is free and is much smaller than a cable box. |
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