JTRockville
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Rockville, MD
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Re: Verizon Goes to Court to bring FIOS TV to Mont County MD
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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BarneyBadAss
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| 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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Rockville, MD
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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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