jdracer47
join:2005-10-16
Auburn, PA
| You bet he is an ally
Case in point, Blue Mountain Cable in Schuylkill County PA.
Blue Mountain has been providing horrible service for years with no competition whatsoever. No HD programming, and pathetic "High speed internet". This small company has used 2 T1 lines to provide internet to at least 400 customers, needless to say the speeds dropped even below the 200K limit the FCC used for years. The only reason they are still around is due to duping my community into a 30 year agreement back in 1989 (well before I was ever a resident). I went both the FCC route and the PA office of the Attorney General with no effect from either of them. The only way I have been able to hold this company accountable in the last 3 years has been to get a satellite dish and use the BFRR program to get Verizon DSL into the community.
If the FCC wants real competition in all areas, they need to make the "handshake" agreements between the cable companies 100% illegal and let the communities decide on who they want as a provider. I was personally told by a representative from Comcast that they would NEVER violate Blue Mountain's area even if I paid for the Comcast line to be run to my house.
A community should be allowed to de-certify a franchise agreement if a majority of the consumers are unhappy with the quality of service. With the current policy of the FCC, my community will be stuck with Blue Mountain Cable until 2019. I challenge anyone to actually come up with a worst cable company than Blue Mountain Cable which is a disgrace as Schuylkill County PA is the BIRTHPLACE of cable television. |
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Kyle
join:2003-10-15
Toledo, OH
 ·buckeye cable
| in many states now it is not up to a community/town/ or city or anyone else to decide who enters an area. Its up to the State. If PA has a State franchise agreement thats all that needs to be done. File with the state, and get approved go from there. most companies won't over build though due to the price. YOU could get many people together and form a co-op cable company or ISP of some sort. |
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