Cabal
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join:2007-01-21
Boston, MA
1 edit | When a little knowledge is a dangerous thing...
Apparently these stories are starting to make it to the general public. As a member of the Board of Directors for my condo, I was informed at our last meeting that an owner had sent us a letter regarding the exclusive agreement we "have" with Comcast, claiming it was against the law, and threatening to SUE us. Ignoring for a moment the stupidity of threatening to sue your own condo's BoD (who are all residents volunteering their free time to meet and conduct business with the management company we hire), we
A.) Have no such agreement, nor provide any such services as an organization.
B.) Have plenty of residents with Verizon DSL and phone service (FiOS supposedly due by August, MDU-issues depending).
C.) Only have cable access through Comcast because they're the only cable company in town.
Unfortunate...
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RadioDoc
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| said by Cabal  :C.) Only have cable access through Comcast because they're the only cable company in town. Unfortunate... Yes, but it is your fault there is only one cable company in town and since we (residents) pay (fill in pittance here) in good money to the Association it is your job to get us infinite channels for no money.
(Sadly, I am only slightly exaggerating. Eight years on a condo board, six as president, speaking from experience.)
The bigger issue is whether exclusive contracts are enforceable when the money paid for the exclusive service by the tenant/resident/owner is not optional. The FCC seems silent on that one (as they should be).
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