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Re: My (Draft) Letter Re: Montgomery County MD
said by JohnA  :For clarification, as I remember it, Rockville refused to issue any permits for the required work to upgrade the lines until Verizon stopped and negotiated a TV franchise with the county. Verizon did have their public utility hat on, but there are parts of the upgrade work which can require permits from the local government. ... Is that the whole story? How did this benefit Rockville in any way?
Rockville sure showed Verizon.  |
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| said by Liz :Is that the whole story? How did this benefit Rockville in any way? You can read the "whole story" in Rockville's April 2005 newsletter. A link to the newsletter is in my draft. The article is on page 5. But yes, that's pretty much it.
I have no idea how Rockville (or anyone other than Comcast) benefits. |
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JohnA
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said by Liz :Is that the whole story? How did this benefit Rockville in any way? As I remember it, Liz, Rockville felt that their position would be weakened, and their leverage lessened if they allowed the fiber to go up before getting a franchise. They felt that they could get more from Verizon by taking this position. Unfortunately, they seem to have forgotten that they don't negotiate the franchise. They may have expected other communities to follow their lead. They haven't figured out yet, that it's them that is going to have to blink.
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JT,
Looks good. Seems you've gotten all your pertinent information included. Hope it does some good, and that many others in the same position will join you in trying to push the issue forward. |
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| Thanks for the help, JohnA . I hope I'm not the only one who writes a letter. The issue will surely be easy to dismiss if I am.
Incidentally, Rockville could negotiate separately from the county (ugh!).There isn't any law saying that a township/city has to cede their authority to the county. The City of Gaithersburg has a separate agreement with Comcast than the rest of the county. I'd guess COG didn't see any benefit to this, because they ceded authority to the county to negotiate their agreement with RCN. |
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1 edit | JT,
Start a petition in the town of Rockville.
Get Vz to install a CO for those outside of Rockville city limits (like that will happen but it might.. y'never know)
Initiate a law to offshore all of Montgomery County's Political process to India
Oh.. and if I lived in Rockville.. I'd write a letter.. but I'm not convinced anyone that matters can read and understand. 
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clubs: | Do you want FiOS TV BarneyBadAss ? If so, why not write and ask what's up with the television franchise negotiations. |
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BarneyBadAss
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Done deal.. I'll scribble on a piece of paper... put it in an envelope; stick a stamp on it... and not expect any kind of response.
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1 edit | As long as you can read "What's up with Verizon's television franchise?" in the scribble, that will be fine. Thanks BarneyBadAss . Remember, even if you don't get a response, your letter may influence their actions.
The Montgomery County Council
The postal mailing address for the council is:
The Montgomery County Council
100 Maryland Avenue, 6th Floor
Rockville, MD 20850
240-777-7900 (voice)
Or, if you scribble on a tablet PC and want to drag it to an email, you can use this email address for the entire council:
county.council@montgomerycountymd.gov
The Montgomery County Executive
Be sure to also send a copy to Doug Duncan, the County Executive, either by email:
doug@dougduncan.com
douglas.duncan@montgomerycountymd.gov
or by postal mail:
Douglas M. Duncan
County Executive
Executive Office Building
101 Monroe Street
Rockville, MD 20850
240-777-2500 (voice)
240-777-2517 (fax)
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