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Tsume

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Re: Competition.....

Indeed, 2m is OBSCENE. Esp since the telcos are never punished for this bs.

Why aren't apartment complexes getting sued for signing deals only allowing one cable company there? My friend is stuck with Adelphia and would love COX, but the managers say they're stuck in a contract with Adelphia. Should be ILLEGAL.

And as far as no competition goes, I'd rather have COX and no competition than someone with zero chances of upgrading such as AT&T.
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roamer1
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Re: Competition.....

said by Tsume See Profile :

Why aren't apartment complexes getting sued for signing deals only allowing one cable company there?
Because unlike the developer deals, deals with apartment complexes don't infringe upon the rights of the owners of complexes. They do affect the tenants, of course, but the interests of the owner trump those of the tenants.
My friend is stuck with Adelphia and would love COX, but the managers say they're stuck in a contract with Adelphia. Should be ILLEGAL.
That won't happen even in the absence of an exclusive contract since Adelphia and Cox don't compete. Of course, it could be worse -- even Adelphia is better than the utter crap spewed from leaky micro-headends that some apartment complexes (fewer and fewer these days, thankfully) pass off as "cable".

-SC
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Tsume

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Re: Competition.....

Actually, in San Diego county many areas can be served by two different (might even be three in a few areas! we've got RR, COX, and Adelphia around here) cable providers.
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roamer1
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Re: Competition.....

said by Tsume See Profile :

Actually, in San Diego county many areas can be served by two different (might even be three in a few areas! we've got RR, COX, and Adelphia around here) cable providers.
Major MSOs competing with one another is highly unusual. (That said, I've heard of it happening in very isolated instances -- back before Comcast bought AT&T Broadband, in one part of Atlanta there was something like 25 houses on a street that straddles a county line that could choose from either one.)

-SC
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Tsume

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Re: Competition.....

There was actually a news story on our local news channel about how some areas of san diego have cable competition, which is rare in the US.
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