[Fwd: Re: HR 1542 [OT, anti-BS attempt, US]]
woops, this was supposed to go to the list. -------- Original Message -------- From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net> Subject: Re: HR 1542 [OT, anti-BS attempt, US] To: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@civicnet.org> CC: sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net Miles Fidelman wrote:
Except that most of today's cable systems were built while municipalities could, and did, grant exclusive franchises. Overbuilding an incumbant cable operator is as expensive and risky as becoming a CLEC - probably the reason that neither CLECs nor cable overbuilders are showing much commercial success.
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The big point to keep in mind is: Two wrongs don't make a right. We can bitch about cable un-open access, [1] but know that dilutes and diverts the real threat to the Net As We Know It -- the return of the One Bell Monopoly. [1] And should! -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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