bigjimc
join:2003-04-21
Middleboro, MA | reply to pnh102
Re: Get the *F* out of the way. Why is it OK to compel any business to serve an unprofitable market?
Well I will say it. It is my town. It is my roads. I pay taxes and if you want to put anything in my right of way then you have to live by my rules. If you don't like. Leave.
If any company would like a statewide franchise, go for it. But you have to provide service to 95% of the residents in every city/town in the state within three years. Don't like those rules. Leave. |
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | said by bigjimc:It is my town. It is my roads. I pay taxes and if you want to put anything in my right of way then you have to live by my rules. If you don't like. Leave. And if a business sets up shop in your town they pay taxes and such as well. They have just as much a say in how the town is run as you do.
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 batterupI Can Not Tell A Lie.Premium
join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
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said by bigjimc:Why is it OK to compel any business to serve an unprofitable market? Well I will say it. It is my town. It is my roads. I pay taxes and if you want to put anything in my right of way then you have to live by my rules. If you don't like. Leave. Leave; Like Verizon did in Hawaii and will do in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire? Do you think the right of way is free? They are not, tax is paid on every pole and attachment. I would check with your neighbors before you disconnect their telephone. You have been reading TeleTruth again haven't you?
Did you see my pictures of the fiber cable Verizon is placing in Netcong? It is sweet. |
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bigjimc
join:2003-04-21
Middleboro, MA | reply to pnh102
No they don't.
Unless the owners are residents of the community, they have absolutely no say. If they don't like it, leave.
I will rephrase and say I am a voting, residential taxpayer in my town. |
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pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | said by bigjimc:No they don't. Unless the owners are residents of the community, they have absolutely no say. If they don't like it, leave. I will rephrase and say I am a voting, residential taxpayer in my town. And you go right ahead and tell these companies that when you don't get the latest and greatest broadband/video/phone offerings.
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batterupI Can Not Tell A Lie.Premium
join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ Reviews:
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said by bigjimc:No they don't. Unless the owners are residents of the community, they have absolutely no say. If they don't like it, leave. Do you think so? Be careful of what you wish for, you might get it.
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Utility lawyers began the battle yesterday over the $2.7 billion Verizon sale with a laundry list of questions about whether the small North Carolina company vying to buy Verizon's telephone service in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont can handle running it.
»www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs···02280317 |
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bigjimc
join:2003-04-21
Middleboro, MA | reply to pnh102
I'm not complaining.
I am just saying. We own the land. There are a few state owned roads but not the last measured mile. I live in a rural part of a rural town and Verizon wired us for FIOS already. I want their TV service and all, I just want to make sure they pay the same as Comcast to do business in our town.
As far as their $39+ phone service...Pulease. This should be a $20 service no more plus its not always on...as their new commercials say. When the power goes out, so does your phone (after 4 or 5 hours).
I got into a beef with Verizon about my POTs line. I was loosing 48 volts across my line. They had to find me a new line all the way back to the switch (23,000 feet). It took three techs four days. No wonder they have been begging me to take fios on. |
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bigjimc
join:2003-04-21
Middleboro, MA | reply to batterup
I am not bashing Verizon. I welcome them to the town. I just want them to pay their fair share. Put up what Comcast does. Nothing more and nothing less.
I am not touching the copper lines for phone either. So I am not "disconnecting" anyone. |
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 VegasManAre We There Yet?Premium
join:2002-11-17
Schaumburg, IL
1 edit | I am not bashing Verizon. I welcome them to the town. I just want them to pay their fair share. Put up what Comcast does. Nothing more and nothing less. Comcast doesn't put up anything. The customer does. All the fees that are imposed by the franchise fees are passed along in your bill.
If there is even a slim possibility of my rates being lower because my provider doesn't have to pay a franchise fee then I'm all for it.
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bigjimc
join:2003-04-21
Middleboro, MA | You are right. And Verizon should do the same. Equal ground. They are going to charge the same rates over time so they should kick back to the community as Comcast does. |
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