people thew away freedom for a quick fix in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r17731702 en Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:52:37 EDT Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:52:37 EDT Re: people thew away freedom for a quick fix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17733269 Karl Bode :
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There has been no indication that the FCC rules will take away the ability of local jurisdictions to require minimum levels of service, or to require credits for extended outages.


No that comes later, after one-stop lobbying allows telcos to make the state-level guidelines utterly toothless...

Then in ten years, your marketing department (after blaming a lack of competition on Aardvarks or whatever else) can again tell the people that true competition will come if we do X. :D

(X=another rule change aimed solely at maximizing revenue at the cost of the consumer)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17733269 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:49:42 EDT Re: people thew away freedom for a quick fix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17732831 anon :
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said by DaveNJ See Profile :

Anyone who was against franchising is going to crying one day, when service levels aren't up to par. People said "oh. 10m, i don't care about my consumer safety laws, just give the bandwidth.!" Wait until they cant get on service when they need it.
The town can't do anything about service. The town can only wait until franchise agreement expires then get concessions. The could be 10 years down the road.
Not true, in the franchise agreement there are usually terms of service agreements, which means service cant be down for more then 2 days, otherwise a credit must be issued. This is what my previous town had in there agreement.
Throwing freedom away is a bit of hyperbole to say the least. There has been no indication that the FCC rules will take away the ability of local jurisdictions to require minimum levels of service, or to require credits for extended outages. Also, these franchises are for CATV only, and not Internet service, which is unregulated.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17732831 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:44:11 EDT Re: people thew away freedom for a quick fix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17732494 DaveNJ :
said by batterup See Profile :

said by DaveNJ See Profile :

Anyone who was against franchising is going to crying one day, when service levels aren't up to par. People said "oh. 10m, i don't care about my consumer safety laws, just give the bandwidth.!" Wait until they cant get on service when they need it.
The town can't do anything about service. The town can only wait until franchise agreement expires then get concessions. The could be 10 years down the road.
Not true, in the franchise agreement there are usually terms of service agreements, which means service cant be down for more then 2 days, otherwise a credit must be issued. This is what my previous town had in there agreement.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17732494 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:55:51 EDT Re: people thew away freedom for a quick fix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17732129 batterup :
said by DaveNJ See Profile :

Anyone who was against franchising is going to crying one day, when service levels aren't up to par. People said "oh. 10m, i don't care about my consumer safety laws, just give the bandwidth.!" Wait until they cant get on service when they need it.
The town can't do anything about service. The town can only wait until franchise agreement expires then get concessions. The could be 10 years down the road.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17732129 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:01:29 EDT Re: people thew away freedom for a quick fix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17732050 TScheisskopf : Just the telco and cableco shills. By that time, however, they will have slunk away, back into the mists and vapors from which they came.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17732050 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:51:51 EDT people thew away freedom for a quick fix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17731702 DaveNJ : Anyone who was against franchising is going to crying one day, when service levels aren't up to par. People said "oh. 10m, i don't care about my consumer safety laws, just give the bandwidth.!" Wait until they cant get on service when they need it. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17731702 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:01:27 EDT