liquidnw
join:2005-06-05
Bronx, NY
| reply to TK Junk Mail
Re: Verizon may not get anywhere with FCC complaint
The loop hole in broadcast laws which allow comcast to keep Comcast Sports net off satellite doesn't apply to another cable company which fios is essentially. The loop hole is basically if a stations such as comcast sportsnet uses satellites to broadcast then they must negotiate with Directv and dish for carriage. IF they only use ground communication then they don't have to share with direct or or dish. This is also why cablevision isn't forced to negotiate with direct and dish for HD feeds of their rsns but you see these very same hd feeds on comcast and timewarner.
This is basically cv stalling. They will eventually be forced to negotiate in good faith or go to arbitration. |
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dentman42
join:2001-10-02
Columbus, OH
 ·AT&T Midwest
| said by liquidnw  :The loop hole in broadcast laws which allow comcast to keep Comcast Sports net off satellite doesn't apply to another cable company which fios is essentially. If FIOS is basically another cable company, the same franchise laws that apply to the existing cable companies should apply to FIOS. I don't blame Comcast - if Verizon is trying to sidestep the franchise laws by which Comcast is bound in order to offer a competing service, I think Comcast should do anything they can to block Verizon. |
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liquidnw
join:2005-06-05
Bronx, NY
| said by dentman42 :said by liquidnw :The loop hole in broadcast laws which allow comcast to keep Comcast Sports net off satellite doesn't apply to another cable company which fios is essentially. If FIOS is basically another cable company, the same franchise laws that apply to the existing cable companies should apply to FIOS. I don't blame Comcast - if Verizon is trying to sidestep the franchise laws by which Comcast is bound in order to offer a competing service, I think Comcast should do anything they can to block Verizon. Now do you really think it would matter if verizon just went gun ho and got every franchise agreement done. Comcast and cablevision aren't holding these channels back for any moral disagreement with what verizon is doing. Its all about them keeping there monoploy or stalling as long as possible.
But answer me this. Why is it ok for cable companies to side step franchise laws the telephone companies have to follow to offer telephone service and dsl in a franchise area? Its a little hypocritical for cable companies or anyone to cry bloody murder about verizon and att getting special treatment meanwhile VOIP is for the most part unregulated. You want equality? Then explain to me why a phone company is required to have 2 franchise agreements in a given area to offer voice,video,internet mean while a cable company only needs one? Phone companies already pay franchise fees so now they will pay double mean while cable companies only pay on video. Personally i don't see anything wrong with easing restrictions to eliminate monopolies. |
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ablack6596
join:2005-01-28
Scarsdale, NY | reply to dentman42
All the rules do apply, and they are following all those rules. They're just trying to get that changed. |
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nozzer
join:2004-06-25
Waltham, MA | reply to liquidnw
This is pure BS. What phone franchise fees are you talking about exactly? Cable companies collect the same phone fees the phone company does (USF, E911, tax etc).
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liquidnw
join:2005-06-05
Bronx, NY
| said by nozzer :This is pure BS. What phone franchise fees are you talking about exactly? Cable companies collect the same phone fees the phone company does (USF, E911, tax etc). When was the last time you saw any of those fees on your cable bill? Take a look at your bill. If you have cablevision there is a little something called "TAXES and FEES" which are only assessed on VIDEO from cable companies not on telephone or data products. Do some researched before you call something BS. Cable companies don't pay franchise fees on phone and data products. |
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nozzer
join:2004-06-25
Waltham, MA | Maybe cablevision dont. Comcast and RCN certainly do. |
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