NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:4 Reviews:
 ·SONIC.NET
·Pacific Bell - SBC
1 edit | reply to Kearnstd
Re: Ha! I like this proposal said by Kearnstd:is cable required to keep some channels analog or openly accessable? and if so shouldnt Uverse, FiOS and DTV/DISH also have to do the same. Requirements vary by regional government regulations (and, perhaps less so, by the differences in the technologies).
And FiOS and Uverse are telco offerings. They have their own lobbyists working the state capitols, and are known to try to gain advantageous legislation to separate their offerings from cable offerings.
In the past, telco has been regulated at the state level, by PUCs, while cable has been regulated largely at the local level, by franchise agreements overseen by the FCC. But those divisions arose out of the natures of the services: Telephone (PUC) and television (local franchise). The mixing of the services (telephone, television, Internet), and the media (copper pair, coax, and FTTP) has muddied the waters. Governments need to unify their regulatory approaches.
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Norman
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