jfoj
join:2005-05-06
Mclean, VA
| reply to TheOtherPete
Re: Verizon Goes to Court to bring FIOS TV to Mont County MD
JT Rockville where are you!!
Love to hear your response to this.
Lived in Rockville and Gaithersburg for some time myself and I understand how the foolish Montgomery County Council operates.
I bet if you looked at the campaign contributions by Comcast to Montgomery County officials, this might shed some light on the situation!
Living in Fairfax and have been enjoying FIOS TV for some time now, I do not know why anyone would delay competition if they are clean and honest. Geeeze if Fairfax reached an agreement with Verizon, then almost any local government should be able to come to a working agreement without too much bloodshed.
Now I guess Fairfax may have been a bit colored by Cox Cables delayed and poorly executed "digital upgrade"!
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JTRockville
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Rockville, MD
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| said by jfoj  :Love to hear your response to this. I hang my head in shame, because my local yokels are the best example of why federal intervention is needed. |
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DonLibes
Premium,ExMod 2001
join:2003-01-19
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said by jfoj :I bet if you looked at the campaign contributions by Comcast to Montgomery County officials, this might shed some light on the situation! I don't think it's campaign contributions per se but there is quid pro quo.
In addition, the Verizon complaint makes the point that the county would see a significant decrease in tax revenues because of the drop in rates due to competition. In other words, the county is actively dragging its feet to avoid competition.
Pretty outrageous if true. |
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BarneyBadAss
Badasses Fight For Freedom
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join:2004-05-07
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·Verizon FIOS
| reply to JTRockville
JT,
Personally, I'm just sorry Vz. didn't take the next step and find a way to file RICO too... now.. that would have been a really interesting set of circumstances!
I have FIOS and I love it.. and the minute FIOS TV is available....... Comcast is gone gone gone.. oh.. did I say GONE???
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ScottF12345
join:2002-01-17
Silver Spring, MD
| Thanks for the great find!!! I remember ~ a year and a half ago getting FIOS internet and hearing about FIOSTV in a few months..... well now I see what happend to that. Hope this lawsuit is quick and painful. Honestly Comcast has WAAAAAY to much power here in Montgomery County and I have NEVER been happy with them. GO VERIZON |
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TheOtherPete
join:2001-06-28
Boyds, MD
| I would love for this lawsuit to be resolved quickly too (so I can dump Directv) but somehow quick and lawsuit never seem to go together.
I guess the best we can hope for is the lawsuit motivates MoCo to meet VZ halfway in coming up with a workable franchise agreement. If it actually has to go to court to settle we might as well kiss FIOS TV goodbye until 2008. |
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DonLibes
Premium,ExMod 2001
join:2003-01-19
| said by TheOtherPete :I guess the best we can hope for is the lawsuit motivates MoCo to meet VZ halfway in coming up with a workable franchise agreement. If it actually has to go to court to settle we might as well kiss FIOS TV goodbye until 2008. I cannot imagine this going to court. It's all about money. The lawyers can make that decision tonight. But if they spend 2 years in court, they're just flushing that money (that they're arguing about) down the toilet.
I especially liked the part of the complaint where Verizon said:
The county does not need the money. It is projecting a surplus of roughly $1 million for its cable fund in fiscal year 2007. It contains a bit of truth but a bit of hyperbole as well. Oh yes, these two could be at it for years. |
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JTRockville
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| I could say the same about Verizon and my phone bills. Why should I pay these bills in full? Verizon has a huge surplus - they don't need that much of my money!
I do think some of Verizon's complaints are valid, even if this particular justification is somewhat specious. |
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