[26657] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cable and Local Monopoly
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Meuse)
Tue Jan 11 13:34:55 2000
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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 13:33:16 -0500
To: "Paul G. Donner" <pdonner@cisco.com>, nanog@merit.edu
From: Steve Meuse <smeuse@bbnplanet.com>
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At 12:08 PM 01/11/2000 -0500, Paul G. Donner wrote:
>Does anyone know if there is an FCC or other Federal mandate
>or regulation requiring Cable companies to provide cable service
>to all dwellings within their alloted geographic area?
>Paul Donner
> Consulting Engineering
> Office of the CTO
> Internet Architecture
>ciscoSystems, Inc.
I don't believe that this is regulated by the FCC. In my part of the world
(Massachusetts) each town negotiates coverage within the town. We recently
re-negotiated our contract, the clauses usually will say "Will provide
service to any dwelling up to 200 feet from a public way". So, if your
house is 1/4 mile from any road, you need to negotiate a price with the
local cable company.
-Steve
