Topic 'Re: Franchise Agreement Legislation is good!' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15847971 en Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:21:16 EDT Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:21:16 EDT Re: Franchise Agreement Legislation is good! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15897210 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15897210 Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:08:59 EDT Re: Franchise Agreement Legislation is good! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15854828 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15854828 Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:57:29 EDT Re: Franchise Agreement Legislation is good! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15850867 said by Karl Bode:

That, and have a centralized point of lobbying contact on the state or federal level.
Yes, that is very true. I would like to ask all the proponents out there for national/state franchising is how quick your complaint about service, pricing, or the fact your street has been torn up for months for somebody's fiber, is going to be handled by the FCC (or state secretary's office).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15850867 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 18:15:24 EDT Re: Franchise Agreement Legislation is good! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15850678 quote:
Excellent questions....one question I've been asking is why this preemption of cities has to be done RIGHT NOW as telcos have had 10 YEARS to offer video, and they haven't done squat.
I think the speed of getting the franchises is the smokescreen.

I think the real push is to get laws on the books that protect them from anyone requiring them to deploy to "X" amount of a territory. That, and have a centralized point of lobbying contact on the state or federal level. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15850678 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:46:51 EDT Re: Franchise Agreement Legislation is good! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15850648 said by Karl Bode:

And now all I hear is about how state-wide or federal franchise systems result in X,Y and Z, with none of it supported by anything other than telco PR rep rhetoric?

Where is the skepticism? Where are the facts?
Excellent questions....one question I've been asking is why this preemption of cities has to be done RIGHT NOW as telcos have had 10 YEARS to offer video, and they haven't done squat.

My fear is that you're going to get an essentially deregulated cable industry, then, as usual, the telcos are going to fall flat on their faces, and you're going to have one provider in an area with little or no oversight.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15850648 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:42:16 EDT Re: Franchise Agreement Legislation is good! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15849053
However it may get passed nationally.

My concern remains that people are praising these national & state-level franchise bills, sans mandated deployment requirements, without much skepticism or hard data that I can see.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15849053 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:46:29 EDT Re: Franchise Agreement Legislation is good! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15849038
Its amazing what you can accomplish on the state level if you send a well crafted email to every state senator and rep. You can work with them to alert them to problems with bell written bills and work with them to add amendments to those bills before they go to a full vote.

If you are concerned, just get involved!
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And now all I hear is about how state-wide or federal franchise systems result in X,Y and Z, with none of it supported by anything other than telco PR rep rhetoric?

Where is the skepticism? Where are the facts?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15848876 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:19:42 EDT Re: Franchise Agreement Legislation is good! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15848840
nope. sure can't.

this is the same thing-they want the farm, but without anything to bind them into doing what they propose.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15848840 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:13:45 EDT Re: Franchise Agreement Legislation is good! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15848732 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15848732 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:00:52 EDT Re: Franchise Agreement Legislation is good! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15848724 --
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It seems like right now everyone (media included) is buying the idea that a state or federal level franchise agreement (usually proposed without build-out requirements) result in some deployment, penetration, and new-employment utopian wonderland.

Call me a "telco hater" if you will, but I'm skeptical of the promises I'm hearing out of the telco's mouths, and would enjoy seeing some real data on the issue.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15848709 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:57:57 EDT Re: Franchise Agreement Legislation is good! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15848706 --
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is this senate bill 816 which has died, what a shame - why is it that CATV is allowed to enter the phone business with no regulation, but the ILEC's must negotiate with every city, large or small, across the state even though rights of way and easements are already established. I agree rules for public access and competition must be delt with, but certainly that can be done at the state or county level. Most important, if you listen to subscribers, they want more competition for CATV.
I dont think cable phone, is completely unregulated. Plus the outrages cost of local phone shows the motivation of the telco to be just as honest. I would like more phone competition and more catv competition. Local franchising ensures fair and reasonable expectation from the provider.

I also agree with moonpuppy if they remove home rule, peg channels will go away. I think peg is very important to a town. The other thing will be service levels.
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Second, public access channels need to be guaranteed. Third, rules need to be included to insure competitors do not cherry pick rich neighborhoods and shut out poor or rural communities.I can almost guarantee you those public access channels will be either the first to go OR become very expensive you use.

Just because companies sign onto a law now doesn't mean they won't challenge it later. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15848228 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:46:00 EDT Franchise Agreement Legislation is good! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Franchise-Agreement-Legislation-is-good-15847971
However, there are a few things that must be addressed in such bills. Cable MSOs must be freed from city franchise agreements in areas competitors enter. This insures equal competition rules. Second, public access channels need to be guaranteed. Third, rules need to be included to insure competitors do not cherry pick rich neighborhoods and shut out poor or rural communities.

I worked with Kansas representatives heavily when ATT began pushing a franchise agreement here. When the bill was proposed in committee it was heavily slanted towards the bell companies. Creating unequal rules between incumbent cable and telephone companies and no guarantee for deployment or public access.

After much discussion we were able to get amendments added to the bill to address these issues and when it left committee, went to the floor, and successfully passed we had a bill that was supported by both phone companies, cable msos, and independent competitors.
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