| reply to JPL
Re: Less talk, more action You are speaking of an isolated incident and not city/county should be able to give ANY one companies exclusive rights to service people. This goes for power/waste/water/cable/telecoms/cable.
You mention deregulation has as bringing cable company competition. That is misleading. The fact that your city "allowed" them to bring FIOS is regulation in itself. Once FIOS is fully installed they can implement the exact same rules and restricts that were there before. Just takes a vote to make Verizon complete their build out to ALL customers, even those deemed not profitable. So regulation hasn't gone anywhere, it is just in the corps court right now.
However, the true underlying issue is that Verizion wouldn't bring FIOS in if they didnt get their way. THAT is what needs to be addressed because regardless of regulations 1 or 2 companies aren't ever going to what is best for the consumer. They will ALWAYS do what is best for their stock jockies. |
