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Re: Just ask any Comcast HSI subscriber . . . Why should sattelite providers not open their networks? Maybe we should be able to get Charter over sattelite?
What next, should McDonalds have to sell Burger Kings burgers along with there own? What if one town only has a McDonalds but wants the option of competition from other providers like Burger King.
A. Opening networks does not work.
B. You would never even consider asking one company to sell its competitors products EXCEPT when it comes to broadband. Why? |
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B. You would never even consider asking one company to sell its competitors products EXCEPT when it comes to broadband. Why?
I am not asking a company to sell it's competitor's products . . . I'm asking for the opportunity to PURCHASE a competitor's service thru infrastructure GRANTED by my local government franchise.
I probably would not have thought twice about the price Comcast charges for their broadband service until I dropped their cableTV service and was immediately shafted with an extra fee for the HSI service just because I no longer subscribed to the cableTV service. There was NO technological reason or requirement that caused my HSI service to now cost more to provide; it was just pure greed by Comcast.
Cable companies in general, and Comcast in particular have brought this ruling on themselves with their price gouging and monopolistic tactics.
When the ATTBI/Comcast merger was all in the news, you saw a lot of talk (and a little action) about Comcast opening their network to AOL & Earthlink (and some others), but once the FCC approved the merger with no "open network" requirement, these plans seem to have just disappeared.
The courts ruling will change all that . . . to the benefit of the consumer, for a change.
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| That is not completely true.
A drop to your home carries the same signals, internet and TV. For every single drop the cable company has to pay for the TV signals provided to you. For example, about $12 per month for things like ESPN or whatever. If the signal is there the cable company has to provide the companies they buy TV signal from with the fees.
They can place filters on your line to block out all TV signals but they have to be specific filters. This means no blocking from 5-42 MHZ but blocking everything else except the downstream channels. So either way it costs more for them to just provide internet access without TV. So it any case it is cheaper for them to let the signal go through.
There is a technological reason and it is very valid.
You are not bringing in competition, you are bringing in re-sellers. The network is still the local providers network, you are just asking for someone to come in and re-sell the same thing. Cable networks do not operate the same as DSL networks. A DSL line is just 2 wires that no one shares. Cable is just one cable that everyone shares, including alternate suppliers.
Be careful what you ask for. |
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