said by karlmarx :

Socialism? Um, no, federalism. The point is, you aren't a real conservative, you are a capitalist pig. To you, the only good law, is a law that benefits the corporation. To the rest of us, we prefer the government to act in the best interest of the people. You know, living, breathing things that make us human.

said by karlmarx :

Socialism? Um, no, federalism. The point is, you aren't a real conservative, you are a capitalist pig. To you, the only good law, is a law that benefits the corporation. To the rest of us, we prefer the government to act in the best interest of the people. You know, living, breathing things that make us human.

said by karlmarx :

Forced is exactly the word you should use. Remember, the cable/telco's are using PUBLIC LAND, to run their wires. It's in the publics BEST INTEREST to force them to provide universal service.

said by Octopussy2 :

The system isn't broken here, and Verizon is deploying fiber and providing video after entering into local franchise agreements.

said by DaveNJ :

Because you are incapable of reading 3 or 4 sentences, if you re-read what i wrote. Why do liberals do it so much, if its not in there ideology ? Liberals today seem to be using it over and over. So without a academic answer. Why are liberals being facist ? Its supposed to not be liberal ?

said by Octopussy2 :

ability to redline customers they don't deem worthy of their "competitive" service.

said by openbox9 :

I assume your talking about apartment/office complexes and not necessarily private residences?

said by marigolds :

the city does pay indirectly for limited basic cable service for those who cannot afford it.

said by marigolds :

All new building construction in a franchised city is required to give access to dwellings for cable television service.

said by Ahrenl :

There are 30,000 people in my town, should we drive down to Gilette stadium for every selectman's meeting/town meeting/school committee meeting/finance board meeting/zoning board meeting/conservation board meeting/DPW meeting etc.?

said by openbox9 :

Not that it's relative, but you're right, I'm not a hardcore conservative...I never claimed to be ;) And no, there are plenty of good laws that benefit more than just the "megacorps". I do believe government should act in the best interest of all of its citizens...both corporate and otherwise. There is a comfortable middle ground, it just needs to be found.

said by Ahrenl :

Laugh, actually Fascism and Socialism are Antonym's.. WTG,F. I bet you feel real smart.. :D

»thesaurus.reference.com/search?r···=Fascism

fascism contains elements of both "left and right ideology"

The difference between fascism and socialism is a fine point in practice. In intent they may differ, but in practice both tend toward consolidation of political power. Socialism typically favors central ownership to a greater degree (in the extreme of communism, all appreciable property is centralized) while fascism emphasizes state control over exchanges more than state control over property itself. With different emphasis, both are based on forced intervention with the individual human acts of creation and voluntary exchange, making creation and exchange involuntary.

said by Ahrenl :

Laugh, actually Fascism and Socialism are Antonym's.. WTG,F. I bet you feel real smart.. :D

»thesaurus.reference.com/search?r···=Fascism

said by openbox9 :

My point is that is where the business' obligation to the community should end. Businesses lease access to the ROW and then provide services as they deem appropriate.

said by openbox9 :

I'll grant you that 'forced' might not have been the best word choice. I'm all for following local codes and requirements. Every person and business should do so. I don't think that businesses should be required to serve every residence just for the opportunity to "open up shop" in a community. Should a cellular phone company be required to stand up a new transceiver closer to my house if my half of the city isn't covered just so the cellular provider has the opportunity to maintain their other transceivers?

I like the concept of a neutral infrastructure with a reselling capability. I don't think it will ever happen on a large scale though :(

said by DaveNJ :

Then why do some many liberals do it ? ie
Speech codes at colleges, Political correctness ? loss of private property laws ? Sorry wrong Facism is a liberal socialist ideology.

said by openbox9 :

Ok, then my community should pay for me to have CATV?

said by GetItRightDude :

Fascism isn't a liberal idea... Its a convervative, right wing ideology. Nice try though.

said by karlmarx :

If they want the RIGHT (notice, it's a RIGHT, and a PRIVILEGE) to provide service, then we, the people, set the conditions they must meet before we allow them to do so.

said by marigolds :

Care to provide proof for that? AT&T was unable to provide proof when Congress asked them to and retracted their statements.

said by marigolds :

The state level franchises are about more than "optional services". Basic cable is one of the two primary routes for the emergency alert services.

said by openbox9 :

I won't dispute the need for local government to take care of the people,but I will argue the ability of local government to extort corporate entities beyond standard corporate taxation. Why aren't McDonalds' franchisees required to pay local governments in a fashion similar to CATV and phone providers?

said by openbox9 :

Why aren't McDonalds' franchisees required to pay local governments in a fashion similar to CATV and phone providers?

said by openbox9 :

Extortion tactics as building new community centers, planting trees, or any other non-pertinent local interest items.

said by openbox9 :

Sounds good to me. A commercial company shouldn't be forced to provide a luxury optional service to everyone, nor should they be required to fulfill such extortion tactics as building new community centers, planting trees, or any other non-pertinent local interest items. This is not a socialist state...yet. Allow the market to drive service deployments and costs.