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VirtualLarry
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Re: He's right about Brand X - agree!
said by pnh102  :Again, this is simply an issue of private property. Brand X wants to force other companies to grant Brand X access to their private property. The government has no place doing this. Except that in nearly all cases, "communications providers", telcos and cable cos alike, are using space that they do not privately own, to string their wires or whatever. That space is either owned by another private party, or by the public-at-large, which means that the owner has the right to demand concessions, or apply restrictions, on the use of that property. One of the restrictions, could be the legal requirement that they are required to share their lines with other communications-services companies.
So your right, it is a question of property, but in terms of easements granted through "public" spaces, the gov't has every right to make those line-sharing demands, on behalf of the people, who own the property that the private company is using to deliver their services and profit off of.
Or is it your view that private companies should be able to steal from citizens at will? | |
imrf
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| said by VirtualLarry : which means that the owner has the right to demand concessions, They do, they lease the space from the owner. In return the owner lets them install and use their wire for whatever they want to do with it. Which one of the things is to not allow a competitor use the wire that they paid for, installed, maintains, and rents space for. | |
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