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Originally Posted by upthesaukee
....the powers what be get in the habit of reading what they are signing. If they see a section like that, then demand it be eliminated or amended. They refuse...Ok Next!!!!   |
How does this refusal thing work? TWC or any other provider owns the cable plant. If the town refuses terms, the provider can threaten to stop serving the town. Then what? There may not be others willing to buy the infrastructure or string their own cable. They have us over a barrel and if Comcast and TWC merge (seems likely with the the new FCC chair on board), the monopoly will be mostly complete, except for you lucky Metrocast folks. A looming problem is that internet neutrality is evaporating and towns won't be able to do a thing about it. Content delivery speed will be based on how much the content provider is willing to pay. Citizens lose out this time. The state PUC can't do much, because cable internet is not a regulated service. If you want to change the government to fix this, you'll have to vote for those promoting more regulations, but in reality, Time Warner contributes much more to the major political parties than you do. They get their way.