HSD4490
join:2001-08-26
Matthews, NC
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Re: Others can compete...
Cable companies are NOT subsidized in ANY way for their construction and up keep costs. The Telcos are heavily subsidized by federal money to the tune of about 17 billion dollars a year.
I think that makes a big difference as to why cable should not be forced to open their lines to "competition". Let the wannabes build their own stuff with their own money.
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CCCMTech
Premium,VIP,MVM
join:2002-05-17
Pound, VA
| I'd suggest you look again into how much money most telcos get in government funding. You'll find that 99% of the cable in your area is paid for by the telco, not the government.
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pit_viper
1 Shot, 1 Kill, No Remorse, I Decide
join:2002-07-24
Play_Hockey
| said by CCCMTech  :
I'd suggest you look again into how much money most telcos get in government funding. You'll find that 99% of the cable in your area is paid for by the telco, not the government.
Actually you will find that the city I live in paid for 84% of the funding for the telco according to public reports.
That means my tax dollars are paying for a company I don't even use (No landline phone here) |
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JacksGhost
Got Bottle?
join:2002-12-29
Buffalo, NY
| reply to CCCMTech
"I'd suggest you look again into how much money most telcos get in government funding. You'll find that 99% of the cable in your area is paid for by the telco, not the government."
Umm.. Adelphia just laid out about.. Oh.. 24000 miles of new fibre in the last year.. Guess who paid for it? Adelphia  . No government, no telco, no dish provider..
Its theirs.
Copper carries emergency services. Cable lines currently do not. Big difference between the 2.
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RR Conductor
RailRoadDude
Premium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA | Actually, it's ours, we paid for it through our fees  |
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boogie74
join:2001-06-19
Neenah, WI
clubs:
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quote:
Actually you will find that the city I live in paid for 84% of the funding for the telco according to public reports.
That means my tax dollars are paying for a company I don't even use (No landline phone here)
Which city do you live in? What state? Country? Please show at least a link to the "reports" that you are quoting from...
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boogie74
join:2001-06-19
Neenah, WI
clubs:
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said by RR Conductor :
Actually, it's ours, we paid for it through our fees
Actually, it's not yours. Being a customer of a company does not make you an investor too. I should own a good chunk of the broilers at Burger King too- since the money I have paid for all those Whoppers I bought was used to pay for the broilers to make them! They should now only charge me exactly what the beef costs- as cooking it costs nothing anymore- the broilers have been LONG paid for.
I also should own the apartment I live in. I've rented for years now- and the place is really old. The tenants have MORE than paid for the investment by now! It costs NOTHING and the landlord keeps on pocketing the profits! The tenants own the land and the building!
Wrong answer. The fact that you are a customer of a service or product does NOT mean that you own a stake in the company providing it. ALL companies (yes- ALL) use ratepayer (and if they pay taxes too, then that makes them taxpayers) revenue to pay for the investments made to offer the service or product sold. That does NOT make the "ratepayers" the owners of the business. It makes them "customers."
Boogie |
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RR Conductor
RailRoadDude
Premium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA | I was kidding, yeesh, chill out, didn't you see the ? |
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boogie74
join:2001-06-19
Neenah, WI
clubs:
| said by RR Conductor :
I was kidding, yeesh, chill out, didn't you see the ?
Wasn't sure which post you were replying to with that... |
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