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TheGhost
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join:2003-01-03
Lake Forest, IL
clubs: | Re: If you can't drop your own rates.... The only difference is that the Cable companies pay a fee to use the rights of way, sat companies do not use them. Why should they pay for the ROWs that they don't use? | |
|  gpancner
join:2001-09-27
Nine Mile Falls, WA
| Re: If you can't drop your own rates.... if a you hung a wire across a blind man's property, would you be using his right-of-way? Just because you don't see the satellite wavelength doesn't mean they're not using right of way. It's called violating air space when an unauthorized plane flies over other countries air space. The satellite companies use the public airways to make money, the government should get the same fees for using the right of way from satellite customers as they do from phone and cable. | |
| | the dozer
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join:2004-04-12
Douglasville, GA
| Re: If you can't drop your own rates.... said by gpancner  :if a you hung a wire across a blind man's property, would you be using his right-of-way? Just because you don't see the satellite wavelength doesn't mean they're not using right of way. It's called violating air space when an unauthorized plane flies over other countries air space. The satellite companies use the public airways to make money, the government should get the same fees for using the right of way from satellite customers as they do from phone and cable. Don't forget walkie talkies and other 2-way radios. Tax them as well. We can also tax that radio in your car. It uses the airways as well. | |
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quetwo
That VoIP Guy
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join:2004-09-04
East Lansing, MI
| said by gpancner :if a you hung a wire across a blind man's property, would you be using his right-of-way? Just because you don't see the satellite wavelength doesn't mean they're not using right of way. It's called violating air space when an unauthorized plane flies over other countries air space. The satellite companies use the public airways to make money, the government should get the same fees for using the right of way from satellite customers as they do from phone and cable. The difference with Satellite and traditional Rights-of-Way is that you legally give up the right to do anything to your property within the Rights of Way. ROW essentially lets you 'own' property, however you may not construct, sell, etc. anything on the property, yet you still pay taxes on it.
Satellite does not inhibit the usage of your property. You may construct a big steel contraption on your property, and the satellite companies can not do anything to stop you. | |
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