 PetePumaHow many lumps do you wantPremium,MVM
join:2002-06-13
Arlington, VA | reply to pnh102
Re: Cable has NO EXSCUSE TO CRY!!! said by pnh102:
If you want to pay more per month for cable that's fine. I'd prefer not to, and I certainly think a USF charge for cable is outrageous... this is for glorified TV service, why should people be getting that as a freebie?!
As for the ruling, I am not worried at all, this is the 9th Circus Court of Appeals after all... so the ruling will be overturned in due course.
1. The 9th circuit gets overturned at almost exactly the same rate as the rest of the federal appeals courts (about 75%)
2. Why would your cost go UP? Competition will bring the price DOWN. If DSL was regulated as Cable, you think Verizon would be charging only $39.95 if nobody else could offer it to you? |
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 oliphant5Got Identity?Premium
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Corona, CA | said by PetePuma:
1. The 9th circuit gets overturned at almost exactly the same rate as the rest of the federal appeals courts (about 75%)
That's true unless you look at unanimous reversals by the high court...in this catagory, the 9th Circus is unsurpassed.
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | said by oliphant5:
That's true unless you look at unanimous reversals by the high court...in this catagory, the 9th Circus is unsurpassed.
Maybe they are proud to be #1? 
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pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to PetePuma
said by PetePuma:
2. Why would your cost go UP? Competition will bring the price DOWN. If DSL was regulated as Cable, you think Verizon would be charging only $39.95 if nobody else could offer it to you?
My cable bill is about $65 a month (I have expanded basic service from Comcast, and I am paying the $19.95 a month for cable modem service promotional rate). On this bill is about $3 in taxes and franchise fees. If this ruling stands, I am going to see a 9.1% tax, USF fees, and other BS charges get tacked onto my cable bill. That's how its gonna go up.
As for Verizon charging $whatever price, it doesn't matter because in my previous residence, I could not get DSL, and in my current one, I didn't bother to check, but its probably not available here either. Even if it was, I would still be wasting cash on a landline I will never use.
If other big-name ISPs want to compete with the cable company, they can make the investments and run their own wires and compete all they like. The fact that these ISPs don't want to spend this cash to do it doesn't mean that I should subsidize their lousy business model (sound familiar, folks?) with an increased hit on my cable bill.
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