openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
 ·AT&T Southeast
| reply to CableTool
Re: Actually a good point
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
Premium
join:2002-06-01
Huntsville, AL
 ·Comcast
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
join:2000-10-17
Marietta, GA
| 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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TScheisskopf
World News Trust
join:2005-02-13
Belvidere, NJ
 ·Sprint Broadband D..
| 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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JTRockville
Data Ho
Premium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
clubs:
 ·LINGO
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·surpasshosting
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to halfband
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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madrhino
join:2004-07-03
·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
| reply to AtlGuy
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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