jammmin
join:2000-12-14
Upper Marlboro, MD | reply to grcore
Re: ATT will eventually get what they want...
Why doesn't AT & T play by the rules. Verizon is playing by the rules, getting franchise agreement, has service in 7 states while AT & T bullies their way and getting nowhere. |
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UofMiamiGrad
Premium
join:2001-02-03
Great Neck, NY
| said by jammmin  :Why doesn't AT & T play by the rules. Verizon is playing by the rules, getting franchise agreement, has service in 7 states while AT & T bullies their way and getting nowhere. VZ didn't play by the rules either. My local town was PO'ed that VZ did work without notifying the local muni that they were doing the FIOS work and putting the FDHs on the poles, as required. Luckily none of the towns filed an injunction on VZ, so construction was allowed to proceed. Now I think the local towns are getting back at VZ by not moving their feet on a franchise agreement for TV. It's all about lining the pockets of the politicians in the end, leaving us, the consumer, hostage.  |
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rahlquist
Redeye
join:2001-10-30
Villa Rica, GA
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Why doesn't AT & T play by the rules. Verizon is playing by the rules, getting franchise agreement, has service in 7 states while AT & T bullies their way and getting nowhere. Because AT&T is bigger, has more money to thro around and has the NSA watching their back and the freedom of our country hinges on AT&T being as big as humanly possible in order to feed Uncle Sam as much information about you as possible. After all, Lightspeed brings video capability to the home and lord know who may be watching DIY to figure out how to usurp the US government by building cheaper toilet seats! |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
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I agree...
From reading on this (as well as Geneva), AT&T wants to deploy fiber and/or IPTV w/o TV franchise agreements, and be able to use city Rights of Way, not be held accountable for deployment coverage or programming. AT&T is suing based on their claim that they are upgrading their service (i.e. phone line service). If thats the case, they're trying loopholes to push TV service. If I was a competing service, I'd be sueing AT&T if they did put IPTV on the line, and claimed it as an 'upgrade' to their phone service. |
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