dynodb
Premium,VIP
join:2004-04-21
Minneapolis, MN | Wow
Meanwhile, flying pigs have crashed into the Empire State Building, and Hades got a foot of snow this afternoon. |
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Nightwchtr
join:2001-09-10
Falls Church, VA | LOL thats a good 1 |
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SterlingJ85
Obama 2008
join:2000-11-19
Millville, NJ | reply to dynodb
Hell, i'm IN my office in the Empire State Building.. Don't say such scarey things! I don't need one laying dead on my desk! |
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Siryak
join:2005-11-26 | Bacon!!!!
Lol this has got to be a first though!!! |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
 ·AT&T Yahoo
·AT&T DSL Service
 ·Cox HSI
·AT&T Southwest
| Small town, financially secure....
Surprising... nice change. I'm sure it's a small place, I mean if their total franchise fees are $5000 a YEAR it can't be a big place.
Still it's refreshing to see the attitude of "Well we don't need it, let our residents keep it." Just goes to show that often your local government is often a lot more responsive.
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"Regulatory capitalism is when companies invest in lawyers, lobbyists, and politicians, instead of plant, people, and customer service." - former FCC Chairman William Kennard (A real FCC Chairman, unlike the current Corporate Spokesperson in the job!) |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | reply to SterlingJ85
Re: Wow
I Smell Bacon! LOL |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | WOW.... 2 secs apart... You beat me 2 it! lol |
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MxxCon
join:1999-11-19
Brooklyn, NY
clubs:  
| more hassle?
town's gov't tried to do a good thing, but now image the hassle everybody will have to go through every month because incompetent comcast will continue to charge them franchise fee 
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Pictor Guy
join:2004-06-21
Sammamish, WA
| said by MxxCon  :town's gov't tried to do a good thing, but now image the hassle everybody will have to go through every month because incompetent comcast will continue to charge them franchise fee They will stop collecting the franchise fee and change the name to "local service fee."  |
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ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA | Do the residents a real favor
by telling Comcast to take a hike. |
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elister
join:2006-07-17
Seattle, WA
| reply to dynodb
Re: Wow
Dont like the rate hike? Have the FCC mandate for cable companies to negotiate long term contracts with the cable programers. No service provider, be it hard wired cable or dish based can escape yearly rate hikes. At this rate, expanded basic will cost 100$ a month in 20 years. In order to prevent rate hikes and keep costs down, companies need to be allowed to do 5-10 year contracts. |
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morbo
Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
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clubs: | reply to KrK
Re: Small town, financially secure....
it is refreshing. hopefully most of the customers choose dish and then tell comcast to take a hike. |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
·AT&T Yahoo
·AT&T DSL Service
·Cox HSI
·AT&T Southwest
| reply to Pictor Guy
Re: more hassle?
said by Pictor Guy :They will stop collecting the franchise fee and change the name to "local service fee." Ha. "Cost recovery fee to cover costs of non-collection of Franchise Fee"
"We had to reprogram our billing software settings. That cost us $2 million dollars so we'll spread the cost of not collecting the Franchise fees to the customers. Each customer will see a fee increase of $4 a month" lol
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scrummie02
Bentley
Premium
join:2004-04-16
Arlington, VA
| reply to elister
Re: Wow
Have the federal government stick their nose in small town business...no thanks.
This town did it right.
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jslik
That just happened
Premium
join:2006-03-17
clubs: | reply to Pictor Guy
Re: more hassle?
...or in the next round of rate hikes they'll raise this town's rates whatever the fee was. Comcast will get their money one way or another. |
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elister
join:2006-07-17
Seattle, WA | reply to scrummie02
Re: Wow
This would affect all cable services across the nation if cable programmers were forced to sign long term contracts with cable companies. |
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xrobertcmx
Premium
join:2001-06-18
Sterling, VA
clubs:
1 edit | Not a good idea
So, what happens next? Areas not previously facing a rate hike will see one, and Comcast will tell them sorry, but you can always drop the franchise fees.
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BillTager
join:2000-09-20
Charlotte, NC
| Great for customers, but does this really hurt Comcast if all they did was pass on the collected fees to the city?
Unless I'm missing something, this doesn't force Comcast to reconsider the fees they charge, or their channel lineup.
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Eric Martin
join:2005-06-19
66308
| How to fight big cable/phone co's.
1.Create a muni Wimax MESH-network system for internet.
2. Go back to SATELLITE DISHES. The OLD ones. Seriously. Subsidize them, dish & receiver.
They will sh** their pants. Satellite = The ANSWER. Installing a munifiber would too but might expensive. |
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jslik
That just happened
Premium
join:2006-03-17
clubs:
| reply to BillTager
Re: Not a good idea
said by BillTager :Great for customers, but does this really hurt Comcast if all they did was pass on the collected fees to the city? Unless I'm missing something, this doesn't force Comcast to reconsider the fees they charge, or their channel lineup. You are correct. If anything, the town is saving Comcast more money as now they don't have to collect the fees. The only rate impact going forward will in all likelihood be slightly higher rates than surrounding towns so Comcast will keep that fee amount. |
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