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Sammer

join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA
Civil Rights

All the FCC has to do to win this one is to make it a Civil Rights issue!

fiberguy
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join:2005-05-20

said by Sammer See Profile :

All the FCC has to do to win this one is to make it a Civil Rights issue!
.. Explain.

And who's civil rights takes the front stage? The owners of the cable operator out the money? The owner of the apartment complex who either accepted the deal or asked for it in the first place? or that of the temporary renter of the apartment unit who doesn't own anything and only pays rent to the apartment owner?

I think you're mis-using civil rights issues here since you don't have a civil right to 'choice' in service providers.


TraumaJunkie
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join:2004-03-05
Knoxville, TN

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said by Sammer See Profile :

All the FCC has to do to win this one is to make it a Civil Rights issue!
I own the complex I decide who come on my property and runs wiring into my buildings. Simple.

RadioDoc
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said by TraumaJunkie See Profile :

I decide who come on my property and runs wiring into my buildings. Simple.
And I hope you also fully disclose the intentionally limited choices your tenants have prior to lease signing. Even simpler.
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Toolmaster of La Grange.

fiberguy
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Why should he? You're seriously midguided there.. he, as a landowner, only has to provide the basic services as required by law, and guess what? Cable is not one of them!

Phone, Power, a form of heat, (be it gas or electric) sewer, water, and trash are the only "required services"... cable TV and internet are not one of them NOR do they need to be "fully disclosed" as you put it.

With your post, you've overstepped your boundaries. Would it be nice they were disclosed? sure.. required? no. There are a lot of things that could/should be 'fully disclosed' but to what point should a landlord have to go?

It's already assumed that as a renter there are going to be choices that can be limited. If it's important to the renter, they should ask,... daddy.

RadioDoc
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·AT&T Midwest

We're talking a "utility" access to which is regulated by the Federal government as well as state and local franchising laws. There are equal-access laws on the books and a landlord cannot lock someone into a lease without disclosing things like restrictions on cable TV vendors.

At some point I trust you will back up your opinion with something resembling facts. Lease law is probably a good place for you to start.

I happen to be a rental property owner and landlord. I have both commercial and residential property in two states. You?
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