Ruben, Utilities such as cable companies don't get free access to streets, underground conduits, et. They PAY the community for it. Again, Time Warner does not want to regulate the Internet. I can't speak for them but I believe they just don't want others to regulate it either. Jim
On Thu Mar 16 10:38:10 PST 2006, Ruben Safir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 09:58 -0800, Jim Henry wrote: >> If you can show that Time Warner is involved in getting this >> legislation introduced,I willbe very surprised. > > Time Warner is agaisnt the bill because they want to regulate the > internet based on their ill-begotten monopoly of our cables in > our > streets. They want to prevent the public from having open access > to the > the the public's cables in the public's streets because then they > can't > regulate it. > > I have an idea. Lets have ConEd be allowed to cut back on the > power > supply of the TW building on 59th street, the water company to > cut back > on the water to their offices on 59th street, the gas company cut > back > on the heat and steam to their office tower, and while we're at > it, lets > have the FCC block all the satilite and EM transmittions of all > TW > communications at our back and call. And THEN we can hand the > access cable rights to Google and IBM. > > Ruben
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