> Now cable operators deployed under different franchise agreements, so
> their obligations varied by municipality. Nevertheless, they built > these networks under agreements to offer television programming. > Internet Access was not historically covered. Now I don't know but > seems to me, that since many (most?) like Manhattan, included open > channels for "public access" that at minimum, there should be similar > OPEN access on Internet offerings, esp. because these services were > not envisioned in original franchise agreement. > My thoughts exactly--there should be similar OPEN access. TV has public access television at the local level. This was NOT by accident. Lawmakers understood that the cable franchise was a valuable commodity, and it used that leverage to ensure a little piece of that finite property was reserved for public access. Think of it as park space in commercial Manhattan. They should be doing something similar here. Public Policy. Rob -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
