http://bitchslappin.net/the-fcc/verizon-poliblog-broadband-deployment-and-net-neutrality The Plog Politicians love to hate. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:39:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://bitchslappin.net/the-fcc/verizon-poliblog-broadband-deployment-and-net-neutrality#comment-17 Good news! PA Cable Choice Legislation Stalled Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:40:51 +0000 http://bitchslappin.net/the-fcc/verizon-poliblog-broadband-deployment-and-net-neutrality#comment-17 [...] It appears that due to Grassroots Organizing and lots of noise over the issue, the Cable Choice Legislation that would have been a gift to Verizon has been stalled. According to the article in MultiChannel News, "More than 30 communities passed resolutions opposing bills that would wrest localities’ power to regulate cable franchises from them, shifting it to the state." Some of the specific issues in the bill was that in the shift from local control to state control all buildout requirements would be scrapped, allowing redlining of "less profitable" areas such as rural areas, the ones that don't have access to broadband as it is. There were caps on franchise fees and a different way of computing them which would have lessened local monetary benefits. There would have been no requirements for local municipal services such as town halls, schools, and libraries, to receive access as part of the package, another cost that would have been shifted to taxpayers. Also some other lesser details. Even people who currently are very unhappy with Comcast, in many cases the ONLY cable TV option, could see that this legislation would have been giving away too much in exchange for slight benefit. [...] […] It appears that due to Grassroots Organizing and lots of noise over the issue, the Cable Choice Legislation that would have been a gift to Verizon has been stalled. According to the article in MultiChannel News, “More than 30 communities passed resolutions opposing bills that would wrest localities’ power to regulate cable franchises from them, shifting it to the state.” Some of the specific issues in the bill was that in the shift from local control to state control all buildout requirements would be scrapped, allowing redlining of “less profitable” areas such as rural areas, the ones that don’t have access to broadband as it is. There were caps on franchise fees and a different way of computing them which would have lessened local monetary benefits. There would have been no requirements for local municipal services such as town halls, schools, and libraries, to receive access as part of the package, another cost that would have been shifted to taxpayers. Also some other lesser details. Even people who currently are very unhappy with Comcast, in many cases the ONLY cable TV option, could see that this legislation would have been giving away too much in exchange for slight benefit. […]

]]> http://bitchslappin.net/the-fcc/verizon-poliblog-broadband-deployment-and-net-neutrality#comment-16 bj Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:48:00 +0000 http://bitchslappin.net/the-fcc/verizon-poliblog-broadband-deployment-and-net-neutrality#comment-16 Well I will say this. I posted a comment on the <a href="http://poliblog.verizon.com/PoliBlog/Blogs/poliblog/EricRabe9/93/Fiber-Optics-All-the-Way.aspx" rel="nofollow">Fiber Optics All the Way</a> thread, and they did post my comment, and he did respond. Now let's see if he posts my rebuttal. But you're right, they're all sugar. Their most recent post about <a href="http://poliblog.verizon.com/PoliBlog/Blogs/poliblog/CZBlogger1/102/Blogs-Buzz-One-Million-US-Fiber-Subscribers.aspx" rel="nofollow">One Million US Fiber Subscribers</a> says this-- "It is also worth noting that Broadband Reports has another post that details how cable's coax network can carve out enough headroom to compete with fiber (they hope!) So once again, the race is on... and the consumer is the winner!" Now, if you read their literature that they give out to stockholders it basically says there is never going to be a price war. So the Verizon top dogs are speaking out both sides of their mouths as usual, and letting on like prices haven't been fixed. Since most folks only have two broadband options, how the hell does this make the consumer the winner? Well I will say this. I posted a comment on the Fiber Optics All the Way thread, and they did post my comment, and he did respond. Now let’s see if he posts my rebuttal. But you’re right, they’re all sugar. Their most recent post about One Million US Fiber Subscribers says this– “It is also worth noting that Broadband Reports has another post that details how cable’s coax network can carve out enough headroom to compete with fiber (they hope!) So once again, the race is on… and the consumer is the winner!” Now, if you read their literature that they give out to stockholders it basically says there is never going to be a price war. So the Verizon top dogs are speaking out both sides of their mouths as usual, and letting on like prices haven’t been fixed. Since most folks only have two broadband options, how the hell does this make the consumer the winner?

]]> http://bitchslappin.net/the-fcc/verizon-poliblog-broadband-deployment-and-net-neutrality#comment-15 Successful Blog - Net Neutrality 10-08-2006 Sun, 08 Oct 2006 11:01:42 +0000 http://bitchslappin.net/the-fcc/verizon-poliblog-broadband-deployment-and-net-neutrality#comment-15 [...] Verizon PoliBlog, Broadband Deployment and Net Neutrality I live in Pennsylvania, and if the Cable Customer Choice and Competition Act, aka SB 1247 and HB 2880, are passed, what will happen is this– [...] […] Verizon PoliBlog, Broadband Deployment and Net Neutrality I live in Pennsylvania, and if the Cable Customer Choice and Competition Act, aka SB 1247 and HB 2880, are passed, what will happen is this– […]

]]> http://bitchslappin.net/the-fcc/verizon-poliblog-broadband-deployment-and-net-neutrality#comment-14 Liz Strauss Sun, 08 Oct 2006 02:31:31 +0000 http://bitchslappin.net/the-fcc/verizon-poliblog-broadband-deployment-and-net-neutrality#comment-14 Hi! Thanks for the trackback. I didn't realize that they'd put the posts back up. Aren't they all sugar? I have no love lost on any telco . . . they have all done me nasty service at some point in telephone customer career. I don't want them anywhere closer to the Internet than they already are. Thank you, kindly. Liz Hi!
Thanks for the trackback. I didn’t realize that they’d put the posts back up. Aren’t they all sugar? I have no love lost on any telco . . . they have all done me nasty service at some point in telephone customer career. I don’t want them anywhere closer to the Internet than they already are. Thank you, kindly.
Liz

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