Liz
join:2000-06-24
Potomac, MD
 ·Verizon FIOS
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Re: Free On Demand Movie (MCMD only)
said by briankelly9  :comcast monopoly ?? when did that come out ? I believe in Montgomery County, it was the summer of 2000. |
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JTRockville
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Rockville, MD
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Re: Free On Demand Movie (MCMD only)
Frankly I'm not at all interested in television.
But I'm terribly interested in VZ getting a television franchise.
btw - I haven't heard anything back from Denis. |
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cbrain
join:2000-05-21
Silver Spring, MD
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said by DonLibes :... On the other hand, he is running for governor. And some people think that's exactly why he may be stalling on the franchise. As I mentioned in my blog, this may be a tit for tat situation. I don't have any proof of that; but I don't know of any better explanations. I spoke with J*L* of the county cable office about 2 months ago. She told me Verizon was the problem and was not getting back to the county. She speculated Verizon might be waiting for a statewide franchise. Then Howard County reached agreement with Verizon.. I sent an email to Duncan’s office this afternoon asking the status.
How many are interested in Verizon TV? |
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DonLibes
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join:2003-01-19 | reply to JTRockville
End of 2006, I believe. |
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JTRockville
Data Ho
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Rockville, MD
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When is Duncan's term up? |
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DonLibes
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I'm not aware of anything that would legally compel the Executive to take action on this issue. And since he's not running for re-election, he's not even accountable to the voters who elected him.
On the other hand, he is running for governor. And some people think that's exactly why he may be stalling on the franchise. As I mentioned in my blog, this may be a tit for tat situation. I don't have any proof of that; but I don't know of any better explanations. |
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meb
join:2002-12-12
Potomac, MD | reply to DonLibes
You make it sound like there is no accountability in this process. What is the protocol here? Can the county executive simply take control and do nothing? What can be done to put pressure on everyone? |
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DonLibes
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said by JTRockville :I'm not sure if I should post the response, since it's personal correspondence. Think it's ok to post the reply, if I omit the name? Don't post it - your summary was clear enough.
Ok, I just sent her an email (thanks for the addy) asking for more information specifically about the negotiations and pointing out that leaning on the council is unlikely to be useful. I'll report back if I hear anything. |
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JTRockville
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I wrote to Christy Reap (addy found here).
said by JT's letter to Christy :
Greetings Christy Reap,
I read the press release you issued January 18 about FiOS in Damascus and Gaithersburg. I am excited that Verizon is deploying FiOS in parts of Montgomery County. Hopefully, my neighborhood will not be forgotten.
I live in Randolph Hills, served by the Verizon office on Montrose Road. Although Verizon's database indicates DSL is available here, it is not. Due to the distance we live from the Montrose Road office (19,600 cable feet), DSL is simply not possible. DSL is available to some parts of my community, but not at my home.
This is why I have such high hopes that Verizon will deploy FiOS here - the sooner the better! Unfortunately, Doug Breisch (manager of Rockville's Department of Technology Services) will not issue permits to Verizon for FiOS upgrades within Rockville city limits until Verizon obtains a television franchise.
Do you have any information about the status of the television franchise with Montgomery County? Do you know when Verizon plans to offer FiOS from the Montrose Road office? I signed up to receive notifications from Verizon about a year-and-a-half ago, but I have never heard anything.
Regards,
J* T*
{Full Address and Phone}
But Christy isn't who I got a response from. I'm not sure if I should post the response, since it's personal correspondence. Think it's ok to post the reply, if I omit the name? |
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DonLibes
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I got a response from the Exec today - well, sort of. Keith Watkins in the cable office sent me email saying discussions are "ongoing." Sure. I called up and said "oh really?" and outlined the contrary opinions I had heard from his colleagues.
He immediately agreed that he wasn't "in the loop." I figure what happened was that the Exec's secretary saw that the request said something about cable and simply redirected it to the cable office. I asked Keith to send it back to the Executive with a request that they answer it themselves. He said he would.
I'll let you know if I hear anything more.
By the way, who did you write to at Verizon? |
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JTRockville
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Denis is my Councilmember. He also happens to be on the MFP committee. In fairness, I just wrote to him this morning - I didn't really expect a same-day reply. |
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DonLibes
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said by JTRockville :* shrugs * I wrote to Verizon and asked what their plans are, because I'm concerned that they've forgotten all about Randolph Hills. VZ replied right away, and asked me to voice my concerns to the council. So I wrote to the Councilmember for my district. Haven't heard back yet. According to Don's blog, VZ isn't interested in negotiating. But judging by the quickness of the reply I got, I'd say VZ is very interested. Why would VZ ask me to bug the Councilmembers if VZ had no intention of negotiating with them? It makes no sense. Well, the council can lean on executive - but not with much force.
It's possible that what we're seeing is simply a recalcitrant Duncan, an executive who's got plans that Verizon doesn't fit into - at least not in the short term. That's the only way this all fits together.
By the way, to which councilmember did you write? |
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JTRockville
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* shrugs *
I wrote to Verizon and asked what their plans are, because I'm concerned that they've forgotten all about Randolph Hills. VZ replied right away, and asked me to voice my concerns to the council.
So I wrote to the Councilmember for my district. Haven't heard back yet.
According to Don's blog, VZ isn't interested in negotiating. But judging by the quickness of the reply I got, I'd say VZ is very interested. Why would VZ ask me to bug the Councilmembers if VZ had no intention of negotiating with them? It makes no sense. |
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meb
join:2002-12-12
Potomac, MD | reply to DonLibes
Why not start it here and see where it goes.
I think we need to let our county officials know we expect more from them. Why is Montgomery falling so far behind in FiOS TV? |
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DonLibes
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I realize that this is not the right forum in which to discuss the outcome of the meeting. Should we take it to one of the existing MC threads in the Comcast HSI forum, in the Verizon forum, or in the TV forum. It kinda touches on all of them so it's not clear where to put it. (DC forum too!) I wish dslr allowed cross-posting! |
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