wolverine_99
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join:2004-12-07
Mckinney, TX
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Re: Thames Valley Communications = Losers
said by ib50MbSoon  :Fine but they should force T to bury their cable in all service areas. T shouldn't be allowed to cut costs by using power company poles. Alternative providers in Connecticut have been complaining for years that they're having a hard time completing projects because AT&T is slow or non-responsive to requests to share poles jointly owned by AT&T and regional utilities. The poles are jointly owned by AT&T. Your comment doesn't apply to AT&T cutting costs by using the asset of another company since it owns rights to the pole. |
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ib50MbSoon
Formerly TwoKDialup
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join:2002-06-07
Coloma, MI | Excellent! Lets have all telecom competitors put in their own poles. Our streets and highways would look real nice then.
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wolverine_99
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join:2004-12-07
Mckinney, TX
| Yes, let's go to that extreme because that's exactly the answer. It's a new provider w/new service. Incur the cost and bury your lines. Do I feel all line should be buried? Yes, but it won't happen since it costs too much money for the companies at stake. I'm fortunate to live in an area where we have buried lines for phone, cable, etc. Looks nice too. |
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TheGhost
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join:2003-01-03
Lake Forest, IL
clubs:
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·Comcast
| said by wolverine_99 :Yes, let's go to that extreme because that's exactly the answer. It's a new provider w/new service. Incur the cost and bury your lines. The only unfair piece is that T and VZ and all the other Bell companies have built up a large barrier to entry using monopoly power and profits. It was easy to build out the poles and infrastructure when paying for it was basically cost plus. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
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said by wolverine_99 :Yes, let's go to that extreme because that's exactly the answer. It's a new provider w/new service. Incur the cost and bury your lines. Do I feel all line should be buried? Yes, but it won't happen since it costs too much money for the companies at stake. I'm fortunate to live in an area where we have buried lines for phone, cable, etc. Looks nice too. Then who will force the baby bell to bury their lines? huh? |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
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said by wolverine_99 :Your comment doesn't apply to AT&T cutting costs by using the asset of another company since it owns rights to the pole. at&t sharing the pole with the utilities that put it in. Therefore, they should also have to share it with other utilities, even if they ARE competitors. If they won't share it, then they shouldn't be allowed to use it either.
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