Re: [WISPA] Local governments: FCC not playing fair

2007-01-28 Thread George Rogato
Correct me if I am wrong, but wouldn't it be better if both cable and telco could compete in each others markets? George Peter R. wrote: Dawn DiPietro wrote: As quoted from another article; Cable rates have risen 93% since 1990, and consumers should benefit from more competition." Like

Re: [WISPA] Local governments: FCC not playing fair

2007-01-28 Thread Peter R.
Dawn DiPietro wrote: As quoted from another article; Cable rates have risen 93% since 1990, and consumers should benefit from more competition." Like we have benefited from phone competition and our local rates are so low. DBS is cheaper -- but it has not affected the broadcast TV rates.

Re: [WISPA] Local governments: FCC not playing fair

2007-01-28 Thread Dawn DiPietro
As quoted from another article; "The congressional grilling will be of interest to investors in more than just AT&T and Verizon. Comcast (nasdaq: CMCSA - news - people ), Time Warner (nyse: TWX - news - people ), Cablevision (nyse: CVC - news - people ), Liberty Global (nasdaq: LB

Re: [WISPA] Local governments: FCC not playing fair

2007-01-28 Thread Tom DeReggi
Like, its fair to break anti-trust laws, and subsidize broadband sales by TV and phone revenue. Not sure, why Verizon doesn't cry, they are just a data provider, and set up Video feeds in another state, and bill/deliver TV over another company name? Oh yeah, thats right, then they can't bundl