bogey780
join:2004-03-19
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Re: No Wonder We're Not Tops
'Cable companies pay local municipal franchise taxes'
And AT&T pays federal taxes. The gov't has decided to let cable not be a "telephone service" while claiming that U-Verse is a cable service.
'ATT moves forward not through technological advancements, but through legislative briberys.'
So how many legislators did they bribe to create wireless ethernet, radio astronomy, transistors, and Unix? |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
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said by S_engineer  :Its not about negotiating a better deal. The Death star is trying to either circumvent or change law. But why is it wrong for AT&T to lobby to change laws that it finds disagreeable?
said by S_engineer :What incentive does a cableco have to lower their prices when ATT is delivering the same product without paying a franchise tax....none! There is nothing stopping them from lobbying to have the law changed on their behalf either.
said by S_engineer :The Death Star would be better off in the long run to invest in their infrastructure rather than lobbiests.... How can they when the government won't let them do that?
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
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Cable companies pay local municipal franchise taxes, ATT knew this going into the game so they changed the way the game was being played (via lobbiests). Voip, is a relatively new technology that at first, people thought its applications would be limited, and then were proved wrong. Don't worry about voip...the taxman cometh!
Now I hate cablecos like the next guy, but at least they attempt to move forward. ATT moves forward not through technological advancements, but through legislative briberys.
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bogey780
join:2004-03-19
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'What incentive does a cableco have to lower their prices when ATT is delivering the same product without paying a franchise tax....none!'
Do cable companies pay federal telecom taxes? What about VOIP? Kinda hard to complain when there's been nearly a decade of skirting regulations by the cable companies. |
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
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Its not about negotiating a better deal. The Death star is trying to either circumvent or change law. Here in Illinois they lobbied so hard that the legislature passed a different set of tax rules for ATT.
What incentive does a cableco have to lower their prices when ATT is delivering the same product without paying a franchise tax....none!
The Death Star would be better off in the long run to invest in their infrastructure rather than lobbiests....
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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said by Rob :True, but either the government removes cable licenses all together, or they force tv providers all alike to obtain it. I don't see why any company shouldn't be free to negotiate the best deal it can. Just because other companies agreed to less favorable terms doesn't mean newer providers should have to be bound by said terms if they can avoid it.
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