MyDogHsFleas
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join:2007-08-15
Austin, TX
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·AT&T Southwest
| Dems better for Cable, maybe?
The Democrats are mostly anti-Telco because they see them as cooperating with the Republican war effort. Democrats are currently trying to punish Telcos by stripping the immunity clause out of the security law renewal. So I would think that a Democratic administration would be welcomed by Cable because "the enemy of my enemy is my friend".
Also, network neutrality is a much smaller bullet for them to bite then full blown regulatory hell (a la carte channels, price regulation, antitrust, etc. etc.). Maybe the Dems would spare them the latter if they roll over on the former. |
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Sam Spade
@verizon.net
| Ah, no. The Telecom Act of 1996 was passed by the Democrats, Clinton and Gore and implemented by Democratic Chairs Reed Hundt and William Kennard. The dems were procompetition, supporting just about any way for competition to form. The Telecom Act provided for UNEs and CLECS, and long distance competition, and mobile phone competition. At the end of the term, there were independent 7000 ISPs, 1000s of CLECs, long distance competition, and more.
And then Republican Powell came in. And while Powell had a policy, Martian followed and the only policy he had was "how much did you give to the bush / cheney campaign." And they got rid of UNEs. And they got rid of ISPs. And they got rid of CLECs. And they permitted merger after merger. And what is now the biggest company? ATT (aka SBC from Pres Bush's hometown of Austin).
The dems were pro telecom in that they were pro competition and under their administration telecom grew like wild fire. The Bush /Cheney loyalists are pro campaign contributors and have no real telecom policy other then, "who is on our side." |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| said by Sam Spade :
Ah, no. The Telecom Act of 1996 was passed by the Democrats, Nice story but republicans took control of both the house and senate in jan of 1995. If you can't have SIMPLE facts straight why believe ANYTHING you have to say? |
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ender7074
join:2006-11-21
Saint Louis, MO | /sigh. Guess the fact that Clinton SIGNED the damn bill still frees him from any responsiblitiy. Check YOUR facts pal. |
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