| How about overbuilders How about we let abolish/outlaw exclusive franchise agreements and allow overbuilders such as RCN to build their networks where incumbents such as Comcast are?
Comcast could also then be free to build wherever they wanted.
That way Comcast and whoever else doesn't need to share their network and multiple cable providers can compete. In the end it's a net win for the consumer. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Agreed. Maybe then places like Denver would have competition, rather than a Comcast monopoly for internet with decent upload... |
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JohnSJ
join:2004-08-14
Lafayette, LA | reply to fifty nine
UH...sorry, there is no sucha thing as an exclusive cable contract. That was done years ago at the federal level and was excruciatingly rare years before that.
Overbuilders like RCN can build anywhere they find it profitable. Unhappily they generally do not find it profitable and RCN is drifting toward the drain.
Unpleasant truth time: the reason that there is only one cable provider in almost all cases has nothing to do with any legal impediments at all and everything to do with the fact that the cable business is a natural monopoly. The rational thing to do would be to treat it like other utilities and regulate it or turn it over to municipalities...
The reason that the 30% cap was imposed was precisely to try and keep monopolistic consolidation from occuring. Trouble is, from the standpoint of the consumer it already has. Do you have more than one choice of cable provider? Thought so. |
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 BF69Premium
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Camden, TN | said by JohnSJ:UH...sorry, there is no sucha thing as an exclusive cable contract. That was done years ago at the federal level and was excruciatingly rare years before that. bullshit I KNOW for a FACT my local franchise authority signs exclusive deals. |
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said by fifty nine:How about we let abolish/outlaw exclusive franchise agreements and allow overbuilders such as RCN to build their networks where incumbents such as Comcast are? Do you really want multiple first-mile providers, with attendant cost and disruption, wiring up your town? Reason we have so little first-mile competition is because it is the most costly and least profitable part of the network. Having multiple first-mile providers exacerbates the problem.
/tom |
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