CableTool
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| Actually a good point
Now that the cablecos are in the telco market they will need the resources and revenue of as many subscribers as they can get.
Capping them at 30% while the telcos work off of their monopolistic telco budget to further their foray into the Video delivery field is fucking insane.
In other news, Martin purchased a new home in the Hamptons from an undisclosed financial "investment"
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GOLFnSUN
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1 edit |  said by CableTool  :Now that the cablecos are in the telco market they will need the resources and revenue of as many subscribers as they can get. Capping them at 30% while the telcos work off of their monopolistic telco budget to further their foray into the Video delivery field is fucking insane. It won't matter. Comcast will take this to court once again. In fact, I would be surprised if they couldn't quickly obtain an injunction preventing any FCC action in this regard until a full hearing could be held - especially since they already won this battle once before.
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openbox9
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Beyond the fact that capping "pay TV" is simply ignorant in the first place (it's television folks and competition is available even if Comcast has 100% of the cable TV market), this will impact competition on the HSI market as well. Comcast won't be able to expand into new markets to compete with the behemoth telcos on the ISP front because of this "pay TV" limitation. |
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halfband
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2 edits | So he wants to limit a company that is trying to expand services across the country, but does nothing to get the incumbent telcos to roll out anything. Bellsouth, now ATT won't even bother to run DSL in many areas around here. And that is in the city, (too many load coils and old lines.) Try policies that promote over-builders, not restricting the ones that are actually investing in infrastructure. If this kind of policy was enforced it would just result in Comcast cherry picking their service areas to keep the most profitable 30%. I guess it is a good thing that no other companies have more than a 30% US market share  . KM appears to be either one of the most corrupt or incompetent officials we have seen lately.
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AtlGuy
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| said by halfband :KM appears to be either one of the most corrupt or incompetent officials we have seen lately. Can he be both? |
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cypherstream
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The FCC lately sounds like the most corrupt band of lunatics I've ever seen come out of the government.
It's blatantly obvious that Kevin Martin is in bed with the Telco's. Every single thing you hear from him is something to restrict Cable in some way or another, but you never hear anything about satellite or Telco TV. I don't see how an operation like this can survive for much longer without crumbling into little pieces.
Send Kevin Martin where he belongs -- in jail! |
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TScheisskopf
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said by AtlGuy :said by halfband :KM appears to be either one of the most corrupt or incompetent officials we have seen lately. Can he be both? Not only can he, but he is succeeding beyond even the wildest expectations.
Usually, I am satisfied with half a loaf. That said, in this case, that half a loaf is not better than no loaf at all. The only way for this to work would be to place hard levels of deployment on the telcos, who Martin seems to lie awake, at night, fretting over.
What all telecom/cable companies need is a few hard kicks in the ass, something Martin seems completely incapable of doing. |
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Wahhh cable has to abide by shitty unfair rules like the telcos had too for the longest time ....Wahhh they need all this money to fight the phone companies .....wahhh.....
Dude they forayed into telco services and now they complain when they get a unfair rule pushed on them, cry me a river. I hope comcast at least sends you a check for the contributions you make to their purposes here.
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said by halfband :Try policies that promote over-builders, not restricting the ones that are actually investing in infrastructure. My sentiments exactly: »Want to grow? OVERBUILD!
Why not let them exceed 30%, as long as everything they build/acquire once they hit the cap is a new overbuild? |
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Sure does seem that Martin has a hard-on for the cable companies...we recently left AT&T to get CDV....it is funny.... I could not get the time of day from AT&T before I dropped them...now the are jumping thru hoops to get me back....
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said by CableTool :In other news, Martin purchased a new home in the Hamptons from an undisclosed financial "investment" Hahahahaha!!!! Accusing the competition of bribes!!! Hahahaha!!!! |
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madrhino
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said by AtlGuy :said by halfband :KM appears to be either one of the most corrupt or incompetent officials we have seen lately. Can he be both? That's at the top of any government job description. |
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CableTool
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said by madrhino :said by CableTool :In other news, Martin purchased a new home in the Hamptons from an undisclosed financial "investment" Hahahahaha!!!! Accusing the competition of bribes!!! Hahahaha!!!! Your Hahas are cutting and deep. Ouch.
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axus
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Washington, DC | reply to CableTool
Telco should really be subject to the same rules as cable. Cable had been just as monopolistic until satellite TV came onto the scene. |
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