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To: Daniel G. DeBusschere who wrote (10306)6/4/1999 7:06:00 PM
From: E. Davies  Read Replies (1) of 29970
 
Otherwise, forget the franchise crap and allow ISPs to string their own cable.
As far as I know anyone who wants to is free to string cable (or fiber) as long as they work out the right of way issues. They just are not allowed to user that cable for television service.

The MSO's are spending additional money out of their own pockets without any franchise to provide additional services beyond television. Why should they be forced to give away the return on that investment, or have that return be goverment controlled?

It is arguable that the government might have some say due to the portion of advanced services that rely on the previous television infrastructure. How much is that? Thats not a simple thing to determine, but I dont think it is very much. The HFC fiber optics and all its associated electronics isnt needed for TV. HFC also requires as I understand it new electronics for the coax wires, and much (or all?) of the coax wire itself is also new. A nearly totally new support staff needs to be hired and trained for internet service as well.

Even more to the point than that IMO is the fact that @home is *not* the MSO. They are hired by the MSO to perform a function for them. Does the local city council have the right to tell T who it can lease its cable trucks from? How about who they can buy their copy paper from?

Maybe in this twisted world they do, but it does not mean it is right or makes any sense.
Eric
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