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odreian615

join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL

Can something like this work for Uverse and FIOS

I mean they are only sending data so franchise laws should not apply ?
Right?
EPS

join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA

Re: Can something like this work for Uverse and FIOS

Hm, good point- FiOS works the same as cable, but U-Verse is true IPTV and I suppose should be considered a data service (no matter how much one hates "the new" at&t)

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Re: Can something like this work for Uverse and FIOS

Is the determination made by the intention of the service (tv, phone, etc) or the medium it is delivered by (IP, COAX, Fiber)?
EPS

join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA

Re: Can something like this work for Uverse and FIOS

Well, if you're declaring VoIP, which is intended to provide phone-type service, to be not phone, then it seems like a precedent is set to exclude IPTV from cable regulation... though cable regulation and phone regulation are two very different animals.
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Re: Can something like this work for Uverse and FIOS

cable phone regulation

heck cable and phone are both becoming more and more a like whats the difference

what we need is new legislation bring it all under one
xsiddalx

join:2005-03-11
Chicago, IL
said by EPS:

Hm, good point- FiOS works the same as cable, but U-Verse is true IPTV and I suppose should be considered a data service (no matter how much one hates "the new" at&t)
Can I get my TV anywhere I have an internet connection?
xsiddalx

join:2005-03-11
Chicago, IL
said by odreian615:

I mean they are only sending data so franchise laws should not apply ?
Right?
ATT, Ed Whitacre, had been making this argument, yet they are slowly moving forward without challenging it in court. If it were cheaper for the Bells to proceed under the IPTV they would have already sued their way through.

Heck, isn't our telephone call data?

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