vpoko
Premium
join:2003-07-03
Jamaica Plain, MA
| What do the local governments need to "authorize"?
What do the local governments need to "authorize"? In the case of cable franchise agreements, there is a matter of the cable company requiring a physical presense (cables, equipment) in the town.
For streaming television, the network is already there. Hell, it could be the cable company's network that you use to stream the TV. What if a company independant from the Telco's wants to set up a "TV broadcast center" and broadcast television over the internet... do they also need a franchise agreement? What about when I watch a live sports game with RealVideo... does the NFL need a franchise agreement?
Franchise agreements aren't about providing TV, they're about laying infrastructure in towns, which nobody is doing. |
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rkrocha
join:2000-09-23
Garland, TX
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Re: What do the local governments need to "authori
vpoko- you nailed it...I agree the RBOCs were wasting their time trying to 'avert' the franchise thing in the first place. They should have been planning to what they say they are going to do now. Just get the bandwidth to the home and then start offering the service. Let the people decide if their decision/investment is worth it. If the cable companies start losing subs hand over fist then they can fight back like chumps and cry 'franchise'; or step up like men and offer better prices, better content, better customer service..ie A better product. Word. |
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anon5
@rr.com | I believe that I should be able to just Take your woman as often and whenever I feel like it. If you dont like me having my way with her, you could just "step up like a man", and try and stop me.
Makes a lot of sense, Huh?
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cptmiles
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join:2004-04-22
Swayzee, IN
| So you are saying that telephone companies should step up and not allow cable companies and Internet companies to provide voice services as well? Voice is regulated and taxed by the governing bodies very similar to cable franchise agreements, just differently, but no one seems to mind that those agreements/promises are being compromised. |
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