 batageekSlave To The DuopolyPremium
join:2003-01-25 | PRESS Why is it impossible to get a reporter that can actually ask the "right" questions to conduct one of these interviews? Someone actually versed in the damn subject to start with, not just some newb that believes all the BS the Bells and Cable cos throw their way.
Someone that knows enough to, say, stop Martin when he starts talking about BPL like it's actually a viable solution.
Someone that stops Martin when he spins "a la carte" into family safe programming.
Someone that will ask Martin why the hell he doesn't stand up and tell the sponsors of these obviously ridiculous pro-cable/pro telco bills to take a flying leap?
It's bad enough to have stupid politicians, but just as bad to have press that won't call these tools out.
If you're going to take the time to investigate something for a story, actually do some investigation.
End of rant....
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| It's usually because in order for them to get the interview they have to agree NOT to ask tough questions. Or the interviewed person gets to see the questions that are going to be asked first and strike those they don't want to answer. |
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Broadview Heights, OH | reply to batageek
said by batageek:Someone that will ask Martin why the hell he doesn't stand up and tell the sponsors of these obviously ridiculous pro-cable/pro telco bills to take a flying leap? End of rant.... Because he can't. Just follow the money and look at the past two years plus of regulatory policies giving the telco's back what was broke up for competition.
Here is a short list of things going on...
a) Line sharing was removed--- harming ISPs, CLEC.
b) closing of the cable networks to ISP
c) the closing of the UNE -p competitive service, thus the death of AT&T and MCI,
d) the premature entrance of the Bells into LD without stable competition
e) the Bells' getting the 'green-field' new fiber builds, and thus blocking competitors.
f) Bundling of LD, Wireline and DSL by the incumbents.
g) unchecked cross subsidization.
h) VOIP being taxed and surcharged ---
i) total lack of enforcement.
j) massive consolidation of the wireline, wireless and cable markets. |
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batageekSlave To The DuopolyPremium
join:2003-01-25 | And we know Martin can't....
But that's really only part of the problem.
The press is brain dead too...as brain dead as the consumers/elected/etc. that buy into all the crap the telco/cable cos shove down their throat.
I mean really...we have all these "John Stossel like" investigative reporters out there who are happy to rail on the bs of any given President/CEO, yet in the telco/tech/cable world, they don't stop and tell Martin/Whitacre/Roberts - "Hey wait a minute...You're full of sh1t!"
I suppose this is more of a hypothetical than anything, but damn I'm really sick of reading dumb@ss remarks that any high school kid knows are false or misleading. The Gov/Companies feed it out there and no one calls them on it.
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Broadview Heights, OH | said by batageek:And we know Martin can't.... The press is brain dead too...as brain dead as the consumers/elected/etc. that buy into all the crap the telco/cable cos shove down their throat. I have been trying for quite sometime to get reporters and their editors, to look into the many screwed up policy fiasco's coming out of Washington. But when you get the WSJ giving Martin op-ed and none to others in rebuttal, it's hard to understand such motives.
As a former dialup ISP owner, I know first hand how our ability to provide our customers with broadband has been all but eliminated. Many of our customers are very disappointed when we can not continue to be their ISP.
Our only choice is to refer them to a DSL or Cable provider in their area. While this provides us with a one-off spiff from the provider, we still offer to provide other services, and mostly that is keeping their email account active.
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