[133709] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Thu Dec 16 09:58:03 2010
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=+hHF5zUpsF4=eoNCrH6za8y+xeiBqTbeJozuD@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:57:47 -0500
To: Craig L Uebringer <cluebringer@gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Dec 16, 2010, at 9:51 AM, Craig L Uebringer wrote:
>=20
> This is why I suggested it might take regulatory action, or changes in =
state laws.
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> Also engage locality first, as Jared indicates. The problem in going =
to the fed is that power
> will be skewed to the larger entities. Competitive providers breathed =
a sign of relief when
> Verizontal lost their attempts to get statewide television franchising =
and had to deal
> locality-by-locality, just like the small guys did. Would be worse if =
there was a single
> federal entity to buy off now that corporate campaign funding is both =
anonymous and
> unlimited. =20
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Maybe in your state.
here, one company can get a statewide license.
this report may be of interest to those in this space:
http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/stpp/pdf/VideoFranchisingReport.pdf
- Jared=
