 mekaleka join:2003-01-15 Palm Beach Gardens, FL | Good for the consumer... Why would anyone NOT want IPTV and competition for the local cable/phone provider? |
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 | said by mekaleka:Why would anyone NOT want IPTV and competition for the local cable/phone provider? Graft, umm, Taxes, umm, Franchise Fees...  |
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 marigoldsGainfully employed, finallyPremium,MVM join:2002-05-13 Saint Louis, MO kudos:1 | said by J D McDorce:said by mekaleka:Why would anyone NOT want IPTV and competition for the local cable/phone provider? Graft, umm, Taxes, umm, Franchise Fees... And control over where the services are located and how they are located. Without a franchise, IPTV can be redlined and phone companies can install the equipment in the right of ways without compensation or review. -- ISCABBS - the oldest and largest BBS on the Internet telnet://whip.isca.uiowa.edu Member: American Association of Geographers, American Geophysical Union, American Water Resources Association |
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