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Re: Can Someone Explain... said by Karl Bode: Yes, that's why Verizon themselves admit that a national franchise law is unnecessary and the existing system doesn't slow them down at all. quote:
Franchising is not holding us back,” said Virginia Ruesterholz, president of Verizon Telecom. “I really don’t see that as a necessity, to have nationwide relief on that.”
Odd. And when taken in context (said at an investor conference), it makes perfect sense. She was trying to CONVINCE investors that government stupidity wouldn't jeopardize their continued investments in Verizon and that they could soldier on anyway and still make a profit.
What she didn't have to say, because investors know it well, is that the profits will come thru higher prices. The only ones being screwed are the customers who will pay higher prices because of the government's lack of foresight.
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What she didn't have to say, because investors know it well, is that the profits will come thru higher prices. The only ones being screwed are the customers who will pay higher prices because of the government's lack of foresight.
Feigned consumer empathy is so charming.
The point is that Fios deployment has not been significantly impeded by a lack of a federal franchise. Their relatively quick Fios deployments prove it, and her comments prove it. This, combined with their success at getting statewide franchises passed, makes the federal push largely a non-issue anyway.
Anyway, I take issue with the idea of federal or statewide franchises resulting in broad deployment and competitive utopia. I think that's a BS talking point regurgitated by investors and incumbent executives. |
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So your point is that presidents of a company will make up facts based on who they want to please. If they are talking to law makers than they will say local franchises hurt deployment and need to be removed. If they are talking to investors they will says that everything's ok, just keep the money rolling in.
If a local community wants to stall technology deployment in it's town, why should Uncle Sam and say they can't do that? Where in the Constitution is the right to tell a local community how to and not to evolve technologically given to the feds?
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| said by Maxo:So your point is that presidents of a company will make up factstailor their presentation based on who they want to please. If they are talking to law makers than they will say local franchises hurt deployment and need to be removed. If they are talking to investors they will says that everything's ok, just keep the money rolling in. Uh Yeah!! Welcome to the real world - buyer beware!!
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Palo Alto, CA | reply to Karl Bode
And what happened to them "states' rights" advocates? |
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MaxoYour tax dollars at work.Premium,VIP
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said by fAcEtIOUs:said by Maxo:So your point is that presidents of a company will make up factstailor their presentation based on who they want to please. If they are talking to law makers than they will say local franchises hurt deployment and need to be removed. If they are talking to investors they will says that everything's ok, just keep the money rolling in. Uh Yeah!! Welcome to the real world - buyer beware!! My point is that they can't be trusted. Why do you trust them when they say they can't advance technologies with these regulations. They are just saying it so they can do what they want without stipulations. The fact (by fact I mean my opinion;)) is that local governments should have the right to run their local governments the way they see fit. If they want to legislate themselves into the 19th century, that's their right.
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