S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
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Re: No Wonder We're Not Tops
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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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
·Comcast
| 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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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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bogey780
join:2004-03-19
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'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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