wtansill
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Falls Church, VA
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Re: Im all for it
said by pit_viper  :
Why should those who regulate the MSO's and Telco's be allowed to compete with them?
Unfair playing field isn't it? We already have city run utilities where I am (Water/sewer/electricity) so they own the poles. Would the city than be able to bypass the pole hanging fee's?
I'm not totally against the idea of municipalities operating a cable/broadband network, however I'm not sure if the playing field is level. If their is not cable operator in a town, by all means...go to it.
As I understand it, very few munis are doing their own installs, and they are, in general, doing so because they are not served by any incumbent service provider. It does not seem to me in this case that there is any concern over a "level playing field", since there is no existing service against which the muni would compete, fairly or otherwise. Have I missed something?
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Unit649
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join:2000-01-22
Stockton, CA
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I would think if the city owned the poles the city would be able to bypass the fees-they pay already for pole maintance, right?
I'm sure the city would have to pay if they had to use other poles they don't pay for and some other entity does-just like that other entity would pay the city for usage of city owned poles.
I'm sure if a municipal system used city poles they would probably use part of the municipal systems budget to charge a small fee-to go into another account for pole maintance.
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pit_viper
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Why should those who regulate the MSO's and Telco's be allowed to compete with them?
Unfair playing field isn't it? We already have city run utilities where I am (Water/sewer/electricity) so they own the poles. Would the city than be able to bypass the pole hanging fee's?
I'm not totally against the idea of municipalities operating a cable/broadband network, however I'm not sure if the playing field is level. If their is not cable operator in a town, by all means...go to it.
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