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| DATE | 2008-05-18 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Re: Choice of ISP
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On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 03:25:19PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 02:36:38PM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > >
> > > This is true, but the cable companies do need a franchise from the
> > > local community at the present time. They tried to change that a few
> > > years ago, but failed.
> >
> > I am confused about that allows them to lay a line through the streets
> > where no other companies aside from Verizon is allowed to do that?
>
> Well, you're confused because it's not true. Outside my house there are
> lines from one ILEC (VZ), two cablecos (Comcast, RCN, two fiber providers
> (one of whom does not serve residential customers, the other is VZ), and
> conduit that can have the rights purchased by anyone who can
> make a deal with the city.
>
> If your city or state is making bad (and/or monopolistic)
> contracts on your behalf, perhaps you should get politically
> active.
>
No
Verizon has an exclussive last mile in almost every major city for wire.
Cable came in under different rule, and the many areas didn't get cable
TV for a long time because Cable companies refused to run cable TV to those
neighborhoods. The merger and use of Cable TV connections for general
communications proticals had to be fought for by the cable houses one protecal at a time.
I'm not confused and I've been a more than a little active about this on the
federal and state level for 25 years.
Certain area's, under the now defunct Telephone and Communications act, were allowed
to ditch Verizon and use RCN, or other providers, but they still hook up to Verizon
somewhere outside of the zone, according to a contract. Cooper Village and Styverant
Town in Manhattan is an example of that. RCN could not legally run a line from their
corperate offices, under the street and straight to my house. They are not allowed, and
this is the common case in major cities and regions.
But really, if you want to believe otherwise, I have no objection. But you'd be wrong.
Ruben
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"> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.<
You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt. I guess you missed that one."
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