jdir
join:2001-05-04
Santa Clara, CA | Does Google/uTUbe needs franchise license? I wonder if all the cities in the US are going after Google/UTube for streaming video, would streaming video provider needs franchise agreement? |
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| The way the telcos want to kill any Net Neutrality, the telcos and cable operators would say yes, UTube should be paying but them instead of gov't. LOL |
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 DaveDudeNo Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
kudos:1 | reply to jdir
They dont own infrastructure. So they dont. |
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 marigoldsGainfully employed, finallyPremium,MVM
join:2002-05-13
Saint Louis, MO
kudos:1 | reply to jdir
said by jdir:I wonder if all the cities in the US are going after Google/UTube for streaming video, would streaming video provider needs franchise agreement? Google and YouTube are legally qualified a two-way information services.
IPTV is not.
I posted the criteria several times in these threads already.
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 quetwoThat VoIP GuyPremium
join:2004-09-04
East Lansing, MI | But they are not using the community's ROW (Rights of Way). Therefore they are not a community cable-tv infastructure, therefore they don't need a cable franchise.
I just want to have a say in whom is digging up my front lawn, that's all. If you dig up my front lawn, I want to have the right to regulate you. |
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| If it's along their existing copper plant they can still rip up your front lawn. The IPTV service requires no specialized physical plant. Just a fast enough connection to the net. |
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marigoldsGainfully employed, finallyPremium,MVM
join:2002-05-13
Saint Louis, MO
kudos:1 | said by bogey780:If it's along their existing copper plant they can still rip up your front lawn. The IPTV service requires no specialized physical plant. Just a fast enough connection to the net. So, someone in Iowa on Qwest DSL or Mediacom cable internet can get IPTV? |
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| No, their WAN isn't tied into the AT&T IPTV network. |
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And add to that, they don't use any public right of ways... |
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