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KoolMoe
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Re: Utah should pass statewide franchise law
Heck, why have franchise agreements at all?
How about as long as any provider wants to serve residents of any area, large or small, all they have to do is get the proper roadwork, right-of-way, etc. permits and have at it?
If communities can no longer vet who they want to server them and are now at the will of the state ("phew", says the incumbents, "only one place to spread our bribes now!"), then why have them at all? Aren't the restricting the free market?
KM
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| said by KoolMoe  :Heck, why have franchise agreements at all? How about as long as any provider wants to serve residents of any area, large or small, all they have to do is get the proper roadwork, right-of-way, etc. permits and have at it? If communities can no longer vet who they want to server them and are now at the will of the state ("phew", says the incumbents, "only one place to spread our bribes now!"), then why have them at all? Aren't the restricting the free market? KM Because in most cases, the locals used franchise agreements to not only gain additional revenue and services from the provider, such as local programming, but they used them to try and keep the provider in line with a set of standards for customer service.
If it weren't for franchise agreements, you wouldn't have local cable offices, you wouldn't have local tech support, the crappy customer support you get now would be even worse if existent at all. Just think about the crappy service you hear everyone complain about with cable providers. Now get rid of franchise agreements at the local level and you can expect those complaints to be even more frequent.
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KoolMoe
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| Oh, I completely agree with you.
Thing is, in Texas, those local franchise agreements are now gone.
So why even have franchise agreements at all anymore? State's already regulate the various permitting process. What's the point of a state franchise agreement? More streamlined paperwork? Or perhaps a way for politicians to still get a little more palm grease to lockout disfavored competition...
KM
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