Look to the franchising issue to change, if not go away. Due to the ILECs entering the video market they are trying their very best NOT to have to jump through all the hoops the cable company's were forced to. They've already gotten the law changed in Texas to where a company can apply for a state wide franchise rather than have to apply for a franchise with each municipality. Since municipal video franchises were just a way for the munipalities to extort all kinds of services for free or discount in return for the franchise, this should be at least some improvement. I'm sure the cable company's are not going to sit still and allow this to change for Verizon, Quest, and SBC(AT&T) and not have a level playing field so they will do their utmost to be included in these changes or get the law changed back so that the ILECs must compete with the same rules. Jim
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Schainbaum, Robert > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 8:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; nycwireless@lists.nycwireless.net > Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Municipal Broadband - Must read! > > > Subsidy or no subsidy, we only have to consider the far > superior quality > of South Korean broadband to realize that the entire notion > of providing > a market solution to satisfy a market need has absolutely > broken down in > the case of our country. It has always seemed to me that the > underylying > theme theme in the capitalistic creed is a lack of orthodoxy. > It seems a > failure of the creed to ignore the crucial fact that private > solutions > to telecommunications problems in the US or through the > private economy > usually (if not always) involve the grant of a local > franchise. I don't > see why the municipality can't grant itself the franchise. > I'm tired of > any reflex response that fails to take account of our > surpassing failure > in this crucial are of our business and social infrastructure. > > Jim Henry wrote: > > >Lars, > > Perhaps there is no subsidy in your case. I may have > mis-understood. > >If the municipality involved did not fund the fiber build with tax > >dollars, and is making a profit on the network, which is > necessary in > >order to support and maintain the fiber network, then there > is none. I > >do feel it would be much better, more efficient, and more > economical to > >have the network operated and maintained by a commercial enterprise > >than a government entity. As to the cost of your Internet > connection, > >it sounds like a good deal to me and I did not want to imply > otherwise. > >Jim > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > >>Of Lars Aronsson > >>Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 4:33 PM > >>To: 'nycwireless' > >>Subject: RE: [nycwireless] Municipal Broadband - Must read! > >> > >> > >>Jim Henry wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I'd be willing to bet you are not counting the taxes you and your > >>>fellow subjects pay for that municipal fiber network as > part of that > >>>$40/month. > >>> > >>> > >>Does every ISP in Manhattan dig the streets to lay down their own > >>cables? How does that work in this era of telecom deregulation? > >>Since city streets (and street lights) are a municipal monopoly, > >>it makes sense to have one municipal ditch with one municipal > >>fiber infrastructre, where telcos and ISPs can rent fibers or > >>bandwidth at or near cost price. > >> > >>My ISP is a private corporation that pays for using the municipal > >>fiber, and their money comes from my $40/month. I don't see where > >>any subsidy would come in. > >> > >>You're probably right that I pay a higher income tax, and I'm not > >>defending that. I'm just curious how you could help me to find a > >>more efficient broadband solution than the one I already > >>have. Where and how do you live and what do you pay for broadband? > >> > >> > >>-- > >> Lars Aronsson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >> Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se > >>-- > >>NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > >>Un/Subscribe: > >>http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > >>Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>No virus found in this incoming message. > >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >>Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.14.14/222 - Release > >>Date: 1/5/2006 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >-- > >NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > >Un/Subscribe: > >http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > >Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > > > > > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: > http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.14.14/222 - Release > Date: 1/5/2006 > > -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
