KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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Tulsa, OK | The FIOS deal is on HOLD!
I haven't granted my permission yet.
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BSD24
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join:2008-04-30
Middleboro, MA
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1 edit | said by KrK  :I haven't granted my permission yet. Verizon won't care if you and 5k people voiced their upset for this process in getting them in NYC.. They don't care about the voices or in this case the tax-payers. Apparently NYC lawmakers don't care either, at least for now. Verizon doesn't like being told what they can and cannot due by anyone including the government. Thats why Verizon keeps the FCC as its bed-buddy! |
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odreian615
join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL
2 edits | reply to KrK
Me either and I live in Chicago
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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Tulsa, OK | reply to BSD24
I haven't granted them permission, so they cannot proceed.
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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|  Mayor automatic OK; PSC - who knows?
The deal must now be confirmed by the Mayor's Office and the New York State Public Service Commission. The Mayor's office is an automatic approval because it was the Mayor who pushed the deal and the Mayor's office staff that negotiated it. The NY PSC may or may not approve it based on who the appointed members are and the political views of the politicians that appointed them.
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY | mission: possible?
find Time Warner's most profitable high-rises & multi-dwelling buildings and deploy there Fios first, that will be enough to make Time Warner have a conniption fit. |
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wifi4milez
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join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
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| said by tmc8080 :find Time Warner's most profitable high-rises & multi-dwelling buildings and deploy there Fios first, that will be enough to make Time Warner have a conniption fit. Their first "test" will be Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town. If I am not mistaken, those complexes are one of the only places in the city where the tenants can chose TWC or RCN. Now they will also be able to chose from FIOS! Those lucky dogs... 
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SD6
join:2005-03-26
1 edit | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: Mayor automatic OK; PSC - who knows?
said by TKJunkMail :The NY PSC may or may not approve it based on who the appointed members are and the political views of the politicians that appointed them. Sorry, but NY PSC is at least quasi-independent. If you are not familiar with the NY PSC, and it sounds like you are not, you should not go around making casual statements impugning their integrity. I am familiar with them and I can say that they will most probably not reject the FIOS franchise agreement for NYC. |
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PhoenixDown
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join:2003-06-08
Fresh Meadows, NY
clubs:  | Any schedule for which neighborhoods will get serviced?
And after the CO's are wired, are we going to see huge gaping areas where service cannot be provided like DSL (And im not talking about distance obviously)? |
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TKJunkMail
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Avalon, NJ
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Re: Mayor automatic OK; PSC - who knows?
said by SD6 :said by TKJunkMail :The NY PSC may or may not approve it based on who the appointed members are and the political views of the politicians that appointed them. Sorry, but NY PSC is at least quasi-independent. If you are not familiar with the NY PSC, and it sounds like you are not, you should not go around making casual statements impugning their integrity. I am familiar with them and I can say that they will most probably not reject the FIOS franchise agreement. I'll stand by my comment. The 5 member PSC is appointed by the Governor and approved by the State Senate. They owe their jobs to politicians. You can call them quasi-independent, but they are political appointees with their future depending on politicians.
»www.dps.state.ny.us/pscinfo.html
Commission consists of up to five members, each appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the State Senate for a term of six years or to complete an unexpired term of a former Commissioner. The Chairman, designated by the Governor, is the chief executive officer of the Department.
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SD6
join:2005-03-26
| 1) None of the current commissioners was appointed by the current governor. The previous two governors are out of politics.
2) Even so, the appointment does not dictate how they vote on franchise agreements. They have been consistent in their votes over the last two years and they have published their rationale wrt franchise agreements. Read those and you will have an indication of how they are likely to perceive the NYC franchise. Your "comment" is an uninformed political diatribe. Not everyone on a government agency sees things only in shades of red and blue. |
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SilentMan
join:2002-07-15
New York, NY
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said by TKJunkMail :: : The NY PSC may or may not approve it based on who the appointed members are and the political views of the politicians that appointed them. It's easier to say that the NY PSC is a ConEd and Verizon rubber stamp organization. |
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rdmiller
join:2005-09-23
Richmond, VA | This is about a FiOS-TV franchise
To be clear, 20% of the buildings in NYC are already wired for FiOS Internet. This haggling is only about FiOS-TV. |
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degauss1
join:2001-07-02
Hillsboro, OR
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1 edit | reply to PhoenixDown
Re: Any schedule for which neighborhoods will get serviced?
said by PhoenixDown :And after the CO's are wired, are we going to see huge gaping areas where service cannot be provided like DSL (And im not talking about distance obviously)? That's to be seen. But the agreement implies full coverage over the next 5 years. |
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MrSpock29
join:2008-02-09
Hammonton, NJ
| Penalties
{sarcasm}121 million in penalties is not enough for bringing in competition. It should be 121 quadrillion. That'll teach those dirty rats to dare to offer competition{end sarcasm}
Can you imagine if Starbucks had to get approval to open shops in NYC, and if they had to face fines for not canvassing the area fast enough? |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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Tulsa, OK
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| reply to SD6
Re: Mayor automatic OK; PSC - who knows?
said by SD6 :Your "comment" is an uninformed political diatribe. Not everyone on a government agency sees things only in shades of red and blue. Sometimes it's more of a "Government = Ultimate Evil while Corporations = Can do no wrong" ideology.
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bugabuga
join:2004-06-10
Austin, TX
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Re: Penalties
Even better, each cup of coffee should come with additional $2 "franchise fee" and there'd be black-outs on creamer for local markets when cows are being milked. Cinnamon buns would need special licenses, so would not be served in certain parts of town  |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
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Re: Mayor automatic OK; PSC - who knows?
said by SD6 :1) None of the current commissioners was appointed by the current governor. The previous two governors are out of politics. Wow, what a shill, current governor was next in line in sucession because of an emergency resignation. He wasn't elected.
2) Even so, the appointment does not dictate how they vote on franchise agreements. They have been consistent in their votes over the last two years and they have published their rationale wrt franchise agreements. Read those and you will have an indication of how they are likely to perceive the NYC franchise.
Show it. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| reply to SilentMan
said by SilentMan :said by TKJunkMail :: : The NY PSC may or may not approve it based on who the appointed members are and the political views of the politicians that appointed them. It's easier to say that the NY PSC is a ConEd and Verizon rubber stamp organization. Yep, a rubber stamp. I've spoken with them, the only thing they were concerned about was spoiled food credits, they said they don't regulate reliability of Con Ed's electric grid and the law doesn't provide any other remedies. |
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MrSpock29
join:2008-02-09
Hammonton, NJ
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Re: Penalties
said by bugabuga :Even better, each cup of coffee should come with additional $2 "franchise fee" and there'd be black-outs on creamer for local markets when cows are being milked. Cinnamon buns would need special licenses, so would not be served in certain parts of town You just made me hungry |
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