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Re: Facts of life for rural BB The numbers may very well point out that a lot of people live in rural areas but those same peoplehave a vested interst in the very same infrastructure that the Cable companies use to string their wire. They have a vested interest in the poles sititing in publlic right of way that these cable companies use to hang their wire or bury their cables. Telling a lot of peole that because they don't live in a densely populated area means they don't get the same rightss and benefits of the urban dwellers is a bit hard to swallow. I guesss their taxes aren't as important and carry as much weight as those paid by the city dwellers.
Yes its financially impractical to hardwire the vast stretches of the United States but the utlity companies sucked it up and strung electrical, telephone wires were strung for telephones and no one went broke. What is happening here is maximizing profit by cherry-picking those areas that return the most money per dollar investment then telling the states, cities, counties that they can't afford to serve all the people but they want their subsidies, their right to access of public property their exclusive monolpoly contracts etc. If cable is NOT a utility then I say they have no right to public right of way because its not a necessity and they should pay for using public property. I ramble on so I'll shut up! |
