GhostDoggy
join:2005-05-11
Duluth, GA
| Who is issuing the franchise agreements?
If the cable company for the county isn't providing the necessary results then let the county franchise authority do something about it, like impose a franchise disposition conditon and penalize them for being worthless. Then, like all good county commissioners, let one of them start their own cable company and have the franchise authority compete with the lazy cable operator already there. |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
| FAs are not always based on the County level.. often FAs are also formed by city level government.
But, try this one on for size. Either way, we know that SOMEONE has to pay for the service. We already know that a muni project will cost the tax payors money far above what the service is worth. Tax payors will most likely have to pay subz to keep the system alive.
Why don't they go to Cable or Phone and say "hey, here's some tax money AND/OR insentives but you must sign this deal and provide services to our town by X day? In the long run, do you think these incumbants DON'T want to have the ability to serve? The big problem is that it's a MAJOR gamble and risk to serve some of these areas. The cost to build these cities as compared to actually getting a return is high.
These cities that want to be served and are outside the major operating area either should 1) work with their neighboring FAs and negotiate the expansion in 2) talk to the incumbants directly or 3) additionally, offer up some help financially to flip the installation bill.
I think option 3 would get them wired. |
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