AT&T Forgets They Began The Network Neutrality Debate > Lying Lobbyists.

said by davidhoffman:

Part of the problem in Georgia was that many municipalities in our state were greedy in approving cable franchises. I believe the standard franchise fee was 5% of gross revenues from a particular city's subscribers. The cable companies expected the city to fund PEG(Public Access, Educational Access, and Governmental Access) operations out of that money. The cable companies would give up 3, 6 or 9 analog channels to support this. But many municipalities pocketed the franchise fees into the general fund and made the cable companies supply equipment, studio space, and training to operate the equipment for the entire PEG operation.