  amarryatVerizon FiOS
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when is his payoutHe must have something to gain | |
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Where is the D?Usually when one mentions a senator in an article they also mention the party affiliation. In this case, a (D). | |
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Re: Where is the D?But Nooo. It's the Republicans that are in the telcos pocket!
'Puts hands over ears and starts singing la la la'
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join:2005-05-02
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Re: Where is the D?Is that an opinion? | |
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Re: Where is the D?Certainly not my opinion. Just a bit of sarcasm.
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IMHO both parties are bought and paid for. It's doesn't matter their affiliation. Earlier this the (R) state rep for my district tried to make municipal fiber illegal. | |
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join:2005-05-02
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Re: Where is the D?That makes sense though. Because from his perspective, govt. shouldn't be involved in "business". | |
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Re: Where is the D?And they shouldn't. Look at the failed businesses. Sports complexes, water/sweage depts that are so far in debt and still cant meet EPA standards from 9years ago. | |
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Re: Where is the D?Really? So all of the workplace and Antitrust laws shouldn't of happened? I am glad you aren't making the calls.  | |
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join:2005-05-02
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Re: Where is the D?What does that have to do with govt. running a business? They've proven over and over that they can't, and when they do it bleeds money. And the answer is to raise taxes. | |
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openbox9
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2013-Nov-27 6:55 pm
Re: Where is the D?And that's an important argument that often gets dismissed when discussing public/private competition. Governments and municipalities often have little motivation to practice fiscal constraint. There's little profit motive and therefore, some of the efficiencies employed by for profit businesses are sometimes ignored. How many cost overruns and project delays do we read about regarding government projects? | |
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2013-Nov-28 7:41 am
Re: Where is the D?That's usually caused by a private business contracting out to the government to do the work. Government pays the bills. Business' steal the money from the taxpayers and employ people who pay taxes. Its a pretty convoluted shell game. | |
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openbox9
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2013-Nov-28 7:47 am
Re: Where is the D?I'm sure you mean governmets contract out work to private industry, not the other way around. Contracts are let to these corporations to provide services/goods. Perhaps governments and municipalities should get better lawyers. | |
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WhatNow
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2013-Nov-28 2:23 pm
Re: Where is the D?It is hard for government water/sewer units to raise what they charge as their cost go up each year. When they finally raise the price it looks large because it has not been raised for years. They also can waste a lot of money due to bad management or bad contracts. Natural monopolies like water and other utilities are hard to price. | |
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2013-Nov-28 11:38 pm
Re: Where is the D?said by WhatNow:They also can waste a lot of money due to bad management or bad contracts. That's my point. said by WhatNow:Natural monopolies like water and other utilities are hard to price. Why? | |
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munis can raise water and sewer rates without problems. Who else are these people going to? They go to the states, they get approved and it moves on. Muni water companies on average charge more than private companies and yet still can't meant gov't regulation from the EPA levels on heath concerns - especially when discharging raw sewage into drinking water supplies. This is a good business??? Not at all. Shows that the cities should NOT be in the business of private business if they can't follow laws. Any one else would be getting fined until no tomorrow for doing those things. | |
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Re: Where is the D?If you could test many cities for 'following the laws' using undercover workers, you'd find many many many cities failing in different types of ways. | |
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its all the time. Gov's do not manage money- they spend it. Especially on projects that they can't manage. | |
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It's the fact that shows that muni businesses should be illegal and banned not only at the state levels but at the the federal level. | |
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anti-trust and workplace rules and laws have nothing to do with the gov't being in private business. | |
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In general the government should stay out of business. However certain infrastructure requires government intervention to ensure everyone benefits. Electricity for example would never have hit the whole country without the government. Same thing with POTS. I believe also the same way with FTTH. Who was going to wire the entirety of Chattanooga including more rural areas on mountains with FTTH? Certainly not AT&T. | |
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WhatNow
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2013-Nov-28 2:28 pm
Re: Where is the D?How is that working? I saw a few reports just as they were about to light the fiber but very little since. All I know is the power company did the project. I think power companies are going to be the ones that give FTTH to the US especially in places like the Chattanooga area. | |
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Re: Where is the D?The company is owned by the city of Chattanooga. | |
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SchumerWhat I think of Senator Charles Schumer (D, NY) cannot be printed in family-friendly venue.
I wish the good citizens of the state of New York would stop inflicting him on the country.
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Re: Schumersaid by jseymour: wish the good citizens of the City of New York would stop inflicting him on the country. Fixed it for you. | |
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DeLiver3
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2013-Nov-27 5:20 pm
Re: SchumerWell done. | |
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said by Crookshanks:said by jseymour: wish the good citizens of the City of New York would stop inflicting him on the country. Fixed it for you. Wrong... Even though Chuckie Schumer wears a "For Sale" sign at every appearance, the good sheeple of the State of New York vote him in again and again. | |
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Well, the good citizens of New York and New York State wouldn't vote for a clown like Schumer. Only scum would vote for guys like him. | |
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join:2001-01-13
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n2jtx
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2013-Nov-27 10:03 am
I AplogizeI live in New York and we (not me personally) put and keep him in office. Remember, the shortest distance in Washington is between Charles Schumer and a camera (so sayeth Bob Dole). | |
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2013-Nov-27 10:22 am
"disincentivize"?That almost sounds like a real word, senator. | |
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2013-Nov-27 11:03 am
Looks likeChuck just wants the government to pocket as much money as possible, probably not much thought other then that. I still find it weird that the government auctions off wave lengths. | |
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Kearnstd
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2013-Nov-27 11:24 am
caps seem like a good thing hereAfter all they Neither the telcos or the broadcasters own their spectrum, Technically they lease it from the people. The FCC has every right to tell these companies how much they can rent, After all RF spectrum management is the actual purpose of the FCC. Many people seem to forget this their primary reason to exist and think the FCC is just the agency that makes sure nobody says the F word on Network TV or worse a tit jumps out... | |
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rit56
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2013-Nov-27 12:12 pm
SchumerMy Senator showing where his true interests are and who he really represents. Not the residents of New York State but the corporations he bows before. Screw you Chuck. | |
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first amendment...Allowing ATT to suck up all the spectrum is infringing on my religious freedom. I am a member of www.thechurchorgoogle.org So looks like Im headed to the US Supremes.....
Shills and zealots...all thats left now
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them, well I have others"
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Schumer, you shall not get my voteIf you sold your karma to mammoths, you're done for good. | |
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2013-Nov-27 5:55 pm
sigh...we need regulation like thisMuch as I hate government regulation, we need this. It's like electronic component thermal runaway, where increased current causes heatup, which lowers resistance, which increases current, which causes heatup,... Awarding spectrum to the big, thus denying it from the small, only allows them to starve off the small sooner, and reduce competition, which will eventually allow the big to increase prices to practically any level they like. It's a shame we can't seem to apply antitrust law directly to this, but in effect, because of the scarcity of usable spectrum, it would seem to me this sort of scenario is likely.
Schumer, you're logic is squirrelly, and neither you nor Gillibrand represent me. | |
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2013-Nov-28 5:26 pm
go cry in your milkThat's all this is worth. Please, please don't force us to share spectrum.... | |
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join:2000-07-11
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scooper
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2013-Nov-29 10:00 pm
Real simple solution for "spectrum squatting"Build out in a reasonable period of time or you lose it... and the government keeps the money. | |
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