woody7
Premium
join:2000-10-13
Torrance, CA | Ignorance is bliss........
When will people learn....... telcos/cable companies are like spammers.........they all lie.................. |
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ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana
 ·AT&T Southwest
| Why turn to government for a solution??? America is custom made-to-order for any enterprising soul to step up to the plate and offer some real competition.
Oh sure, you'll need to do some technology homework and create a believable business plan to get private funding. But then you get to reap the rewards....or maybe just hope that big-brother does it for you??? |
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Mellow
Premium
join:2001-11-16
Salisbury, MD
 ·HostGator
·Cavalier Telephone
| morons
hahaha.. goes to show this country is a bunch of brainless trend following morons that have no common sense. I would kill to have fiber. Or atleast cheap cable. But these ppl shoot down the same ppl trying to help them. THEY DESERVE HIGHER RATES! |
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zabes63
join:2003-04-05
Batavia, IL
| Who Didn't See This Coming A Hundred Miles Away?
Although if the Muni project had been approved, the general populace being savvy enough to see through the obvious lies, misinformation and hype, it would have been in the later stages of planning at this point and the incumbents would still be free to do whateverthehell they wanted to do.
The only difference would be that the cableco would be insisting on long term contracts from its customers in a feeble attempt to stem the exodus of customers in the Tri-Cities.
Fortunately I have limited my business with the incumbents as much as I can and won't be effected by the rate hike. This time.....
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
 ·Comcast
| reply to ronpin
Re: Ignorance is bliss........
said by ronpin  :
Why turn to government for a solution???
It's pretty sick how over the past 70 years more and more Americans feel perfectly comfortable with the government providing the "solutions" to all their problems, instead of taking it upon themselves to solve the problems on their own.
I've said it before, I'll say it again. Don't like your cable service? Then cancel it. No one ever died without cable TV. Get a bunch of your fellow disgruntled ex-cable-subscribers, pool your cash and get investors and start your own cable company. Or switch to satellite. You a residential subscriber that doesn't like your phone service? Cancel that as well, there are quite a few cellular phone companies who would be more than happy to take your business. Can't get high speed internet access? There's already plenty of people who want that but cannot get it. Why wait for a solution that will never come when you can all band together and start your own ISP?
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JTRockville
Data Ho
Premium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
clubs:
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·surpasshosting
 ·Verizon FIOS
| I think of munis as turning to the community, rather than the government.
When it comes to infrastructure, I strongly feel it shouldn't be left to those who can make the most profit.
Why should we be forced to choose between funding 7 digit salaries, or doing without? |
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zabes63
join:2003-04-05
Batavia, IL
| reply to pnh102
Ya make allot of good points and suggestions. Most of which I already have implemented on a personal basis.
But for me the push for the Muni project wasn't about fast Kazaa, porno and gaming.
It was about making our area more attractive to high tech businesses than say... India, Mexico, Canada.....
It was about jobs. Something sorely lacking these days.
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oliphant5
Got Identity?
Premium
join:2003-05-24
Corona, CA
| reply to ronpin
said by ronpin :
Why turn to government for a solution???
Because these particular businesses have shown a long history of market manipulation and anti-competitive practices all at the cost of the consumer.
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vic102482
Premium
join:2002-04-30
Upper Marlboro, MD
| reply to JTRockville
said by JTRockville :
I think of munis as turning to the community, rather than the government.
When it comes to infrastructure, I strongly feel it shouldn't be left to those who can make the most profit.
Why should we be forced to choose between funding 7 digit salaries, or doing without?
Agreed, also why cant internet access be a community service? You have community and private ice rings community and private stores community and private gyms etc.
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD | serves them right
hahahahahahaha
morons |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to zabes63
Re: Ignorance is bliss........
amen..... in this day and age the companies care about the bottom lines only and are greedy as all hell. This is what the people who voted it down deserve to be a$$ raped by the local telco's and cable co's.... Sweet Redemption ... Welcome to the real world the communities need to band together and get it done or get @$$ raped .... Very simple.
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to ronpin
said by ronpin :
Why turn to government for a solution??? America is custom made-to-order for any enterprising soul to step up to the plate and offer some real competition.
Oh sure, you'll need to do some technology homework and create a believable business plan to get private funding. But then you get to reap the rewards....or maybe just hope that big-brother does it for you???
they are not turning toward goverment for an improvement they are turning toward thier community as a whole. If you realized not a tax dollar is used except for studies you would see that it's paid just like a grant for an institute. Or better yet via bonds after the company pays off the bonds it goes into profit and then the prices fall even lower..
Man am I glad that they turned over and f*cked the cities after the schills believed the crap that telco's and cable co's spewed.
Hmmm How's the song go "I hate to say i Told you sooooooo"
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs:
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| Ain't Life grand
Man i wish i could get up on a podium and announce the 40 % of the people names who voted against this and watch them get stoned.. Ohh wait i got a trip to chicago coming up soon.. maybe i can 
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woody7
Premium
join:2000-10-13
Torrance, CA
·EarthLink
·DSL EXTREME
| reply to ronpin
Re: Ignorance is bliss........
said by ronpin :
Why turn to government for a solution??? America is custom made-to-order for any enterprising soul to step up to the plate and offer some real competition.
Oh sure, you'll need to do some technology homework and create a believable business plan to get private funding. But then you get to reap the rewards....or maybe just hope that big-brother does it for you???
If the private sector read (cable/telcos) can't/ won't deliver the service is it wrong for the municipal govt. to step in to offer an alternative? |
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tmccann11
Who, Me?
Premium
join:2001-06-10
Bayonne, NJ
clubs: |  Karma
This is the greatest case of bad karma i've seen in a while! |
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amdace
BOHICA
join:2001-02-02
Novi, MI
clubs:
·AT&T U-Verse
·Comcast
| reply to pnh102
Re: Ignorance is bliss........
said by pnh102 :
...(clipped for brevity)...instead of taking it upon themselves to solve the problems on their own.
Isn't that exactly what a community would be doing by building a project like this? |
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hotpepper23
join:2001-10-28
Chicago, IL
clubs:
| No, I want bad and unreliable service
Let's see:
1) The local gov wants to increase my service and choice.
2) Make it more reliable.
3) Save me $$$.
Hello!
I wonder if SBC & Comcast funded an IQ based survey
and then chuckled to themselves when they saw the results.
Cha-ching!!!
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thongsai
join:2002-07-04
Santa Rosa, CA | shocked
im shocked! wait no im not, i mean where else is the money gonna come from to make up for the advertisement campaign against the munis?
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53059959
Temp banned from BBR more then anyone
join:2002-10-02
PwnZone
| reply to woody7
Re: Ignorance is bliss........
said by This Article:
Residents of three Illinois cities voted down an attempt to create a municipal cable and broadband system, now they're facing yet another round of rate hikes by their incumbent cable provider.
what a noi noi noi... |
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cbrigante2
Cubs 20??
Premium
join:2002-11-22
North Aurora, IL
| Agreed
The best part of all this is that the Tri-Cities populace STILL has a choice for all of these products!
Cable TV.............Sat TV
Phone Service........Cell Phone Service
Broadband Internet(cable or DSL)......Wireless Broadband
It doesn't hurt to mention that they have (according to this site) the #1 customer rated wireless broadband provider in the country. Come on Tri-cities...wake up and stick it to them where it hurts! Take the cash cow away from them by choosing the competitive services! |
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