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[Fwd: Re: HR 1542 [OT, anti-BS attempt, US]]
From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol () NorthShoreTechnologies net>
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 12:59:01 -0400
woops, this was supposed to go to the list. -------- Original Message -------- From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol () NorthShoreTechnologies net> Subject: Re: HR 1542 [OT, anti-BS attempt, US] To: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman () civicnet org> CC: sjsobol () NorthShoreTechnologies net Miles Fidelman wrote:
Except that most of today's cable systems were built while municipalities could, and did, grant exclusive franchises. Overbuilding an incumbant cable operator is as expensive and risky as becoming a CLEC - probably the reason that neither CLECs nor cable overbuilders are showing much commercial success.
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