 Mrq5The Fab Four
join:1999-08-21
Warren, MI
| Consumers Bottom Line Bottom line this is bad news for Cable ISP's and good news for the rest of us. Surely any1 associated in any way to a Cable ISP will argue against this rulling.
As a consumer, I say WHO CARES if the Cable ISP built the networks. For the most part they have been isolated from competition for years and the free money cow is OVER. Its good to see the ruling is on the SIDE OF THE CONSUMERS, in fact this restores some faith for me that our FED is NOT totally bought off by Corp America. The FED SHOULD do whats in the BEST interest of the communities. Heck if they dont the Telcos and Cable ISP's would have free will to do whatever. We need to see more rulings like this to BETTER our Country, such as stopping Companies from shipping jobs overseas, stop trading with 3rd World Nations, etc... Im for anything that helps us as a whole and not just those already in influence.
With the Cable lines open the current Cable ISPs will just need to provide better quality and cost effective services in order to compete. Personally I dont know any1 currently working in the Cable TV/ISP industry, but I do understand their arguments and worries. However its time to move on and invite ISP's to come up with better tech that can deliver even better services. All one has to do is look at SBC, the minute MCI was allowed to go local in my area PHONE RATES ARE AT A ALL TIME LOW. I remember my mother setting a stop-clock when making long-distance calls, now with competition SBC offers UNLIMITED NATIONWIDE in my area for a whooping $45:) Bad for SBC but GREAT FOR ME.
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