decifal
join:2007-03-10
Bon Aqua, TN
| reply to xxTRAGEDYxx
Re: AT&T U-Verse
Hey, Heels_fan i'm assuming your location is still current. Do you know if the statewide franchise has completely passed through the house and senate yet? The Tennessean doesn't print alotta details on follow ups to the whole process, so i'm a tad lost on the progress..
The requirements for the franchise looked promising and will give hope to those thats been passed up for buildout thous far.. If noone changes the conditions at the last second, then it will be of help overall for broadband deployment in TN I believe. |
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moonfish
join:2007-09-13
Memphis, TN | You can follow the bill here:
»www.legislature.state.tn.us/bill···r=SB1933 |
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cokesat
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join:2005-11-16
Cleveland, TN
edit:
April 27th, @10:11PM
| The house votes on the bill 4-28-08 HB1421
»www.legislature.state.tn.us/bill···r=HB1421
Will pass without a problem. |
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heels_fan
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join:2003-02-07
Columbia, TN
| Only because of the compromise between ATT and the others. |
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cokesat
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join:2005-11-16
Cleveland, TN
| said by heels_fan  :Only because of the compromise between ATT and the others. What compromise is that??? |
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heels_fan
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join:2003-02-07
Columbia, TN
| For one, ATT was planning on using the state wide franchise to build out into the more "profitable" areas of the state(Metro-Nashville, Memphis, etc* and not pay attention to the more rural area (Bon Aqua, Soddy Daisy, Mt Pleasant, ect)*
With the compromise, ATT will now hove to build out to a certain percentage of rural areas and in a certain amount of time.
*(These cities are used just for an example and are off the top of my head) |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to cokesat
said by cokesat :said by heels_fan :Only because of the compromise between ATT and the others. What compromise is that??? The cable companies can get statewide franchises too. And at&t has to offer uverse to 30% of "poor" people by 2011 |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to heels_fan
said by heels_fan :For one, ATT was planning on using the state wide franchise to build out into the more "profitable" areas of the state(Metro-Nashville, Memphis, etc* and not pay attention to the more rural area (Bon Aqua, Soddy Daisy, Mt Pleasant, ect)* With the compromise, ATT will now hove to build out to a certain percentage of rural areas and in a certain amount of time. *(These cities are used just for an example and are off the top of my head) If I was starting a business I think it would make sense to put franchises in areas that were more profitiable then spread out once the income flow started. So the hypcocrisy of this bothers me.
If I was going to open a chain of stores, I'd be damned if the state told me that I HAD to put 30% of my stores in areas where I was guaranteed to lose money. |
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