[37212] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: HR 1542
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Sobol)
Mon May 7 14:17:35 2001
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Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 13:45:53 -0400
From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net>
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Roy wrote:
> One tactic would be for a city to declare eminent domain and take over all
> wiring (telco and cable) and run it absolutely open. I am not sure I really
> want to go there though.
Cleveland did that for a while, got tired of it, sold out to Cablevision which
subsequently
sold out to Adelphia, and Adelphia is now Cleveland's only cable company.
Not sure why they sold; it was several years ago.
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