tsu9
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Wheeling, IL | reply to oliphant
Re: Franchise agreements are needed...
Yeah, but you don't screw the constituents further by skipping over their former legal rights and whatnot. |
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oliphant
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1 edit | What screws the constituents are providers not deploying because they refuse to bow to local extortion attempts. A statewide general consumer protection platform benefits everyone who needs benefiting.
My point is only that a provider deploying shouldn't equal a payday for mismanaged municipalities. |
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kdandaoc
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| Currently, these telcos are handpicking deployment spots. If they think they're being fleeced by the municipality, then they don't have to deploy there. This is the argument that ATT is using in Illinois. That they have the right to choose where they deploy! |
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oliphant
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Corona, CA | That's fine but screws the consumers who would benefit from the service and additional competition...all because some local gov't sees the provider as the solution to their budget problems. |
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sporkme
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said by oliphant  :A statewide general consumer protection platform benefits everyone who needs benefiting. You clearly don't live in NJ. 
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oliphant
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Corona, CA | A consumer protection platform would be different from a political whores taking bribes from telcos in exchage for favors platform. |
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sporkme
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| said by oliphant :A consumer protection platform would be different from a political whores taking bribes from telcos in exchage for favors platform. You clearly don't live in NJ.
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oliphant
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Corona, CA | LOL. |
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pnh102
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said by sporkme :said by oliphant :A consumer protection platform would be different from a political whores taking bribes from telcos in exchage for favors platform. You clearly don't live in NJ. Heh... In NJ, consumer "protection" takes on an entirely different meaning
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kdandaoc
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There nothing new here. Local gov't sees everything as a potential revenue base. From sin taxes (tobacco, booze, and gas) to intersection cameras that mail you a ticket and a fine for going to fast.
It is up to the telcos to negotiate the revenue that they are willing to deprive themselves of. I am in no way an advocate of the telcos, I just believe this should be either take it or leave it, or straight across the board flat tax.
This is the problem with TIFs, everyone negotiates better deals screwing their neighbor |
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