said by karlmarx:If the state of Mass really wants to screw verizon, the solution is quite simple. Make the 'Pole Tax' $1000.00 per year, per pole. That will effectively make the VALUE of all the assets Verizon has in MASS worthless, and of course, Verizon WON'T pay the tax, so the state can SEIZE all the assets when they don't. Guess what, Verizon won't be able to SELL anything either, because no-one would touch it.
THAT's the solution for ALL the megacorp ISP's. TAX Comcast, TAX Verizon, TAX em ALL out of existence, then take over the assets, and run the network as part of a muni effort. If ALL the states did that, the government could get all their assets for FREE, and guess what, if you GOT all those assets for FREE, even the government could run them with much better speeds/lower prices than any bloods sucking fat cat megacorp slimball can.
I've figured it out! the best way to bring DEMOCRACY back into the US. Take over all the telco assets, and then let private companies LEASE those assets to sell services.
Too bad for you that the courts and the US Constitution prohibits states from confiscating private assets. Your Final Solution would never be upheld by the Supreme Court.
