Topic 'Re: Done?' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21592120 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:01:24 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:01:24 EDT Re: Done? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21597353 said by whfsdude:

Which is why the residents of DC need some form of voting rights. We are a district, why no house rep?
I know this is WAY OT, but what the heck. Constitutionally they're not allowed to have one. The US capital is not allowed to be a state, and as such has no such provisions at the federal level. They have a delegate in Congress, and she can engage in floor debate, but she can't vote for anything. Even for presidential elections it took a Constitutional ammendment to allow residents to cast a ballot on election day. Electoral votes are allocated by congressional representations - every state gets at least 3 EVs, because every state has 2 senators and at least one member of the house. As a result, DC initially has no EVs, which means that you couldn't really vote for president if you lived in the city. An ammendment changed that, allocating 3 EVs automatically to the city.

There have been pushes for statehood, and allowing for representation in Congress, but doing that would require either:

a) a constitutional ammendment or
b) a reallocation of the city

On that second one, what they would do is make the area covered by Capitol Hill, the White House, and the rest of the mall the new US Capital (there's nothing in the Constitution that says that the whole city has to be the capital). The surrounding area would either become its own state, or reabsorbed back into VA and MD.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21597353 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:20:10 EDT Re: Done? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21595758 said by whfsdude:

What you're thinking of is the fact that DC has a no aerial lines rule for most of the city. Exempt are NW and parts of SE. Which is why RCN can offer cable in those areas.
I am specifically referring to a fiber build I had done down there about a month ago. The city requires that if you do any street work at all, you must completely tear up and repave (with cobblestones in some places!) the entire section of the street, even the part you didnt touch. Furthermore, manholes in DC arent 'common areas' like they are in many other cities; each manhole belongs to a given carrier or utility. This means that in addition to tearing up and repaving the section of the street you are running fiber down, you then also need to do the same for your manhole placement.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21595758 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:31:29 EDT Re: Done? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21594554 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21594554 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:29:29 EDT Re: Done? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21594041 said by jester121:

One of the oldest cities in the nation that's home to all our most corrupt politicians???? It's not like their infrastructure is an oasis of modernization or anything...
Yeah ... no. There are some republicans who live in georgetown (hardly DC culturally). Most over seem to live outside proper (which is nice).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21594041 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:35:45 EDT Re: Done? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21594036 said by wifi4milez:

On top of that it practically takes an act of Congress to get any street work done there. Which is why the residents of DC need some form of voting rights. We are a district, why no house rep?

The city has very strict and prohibitive rules about doing anything.
What you're thinking of is the fact that DC has a no aerial lines rule for most of the city. Exempt are NW and parts of SE. Which is why RCN can offer cable in those areas.

It's only interesting when you consider how DC did street cars back in the day. They were mostly powered via the track on the ground. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21594036 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:34:10 EDT Re: Done? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21593154 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21593154 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:57:26 EDT Re: Done? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21592764 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21592764 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:40:10 EDT Re: Done? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21592715 said by utahluge:

Wouldn't this area already be wired with fiber?

I mean, it is Washington DC after all.

Sounds like an easy job for Verizon.
Not at all, the infrastructure in DC is very old. On top of that it practically takes an act of Congress to get any street work done there. The city has very strict and prohibitive rules about doing anything.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21592715 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:31:38 EDT Re: Done? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21592218 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Done-21592218 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:59:48 EDT Done? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Done-21592120
I mean, it is Washington DC after all.

Sounds like an easy job for Verizon.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Done-21592120 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:41:28 EDT