tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post8683410236721308186..comments2023-09-25T21:22:28.439-04:00Comments on Cup Of Joe Powell: Devilish Details In TN Cable Franchise LegislationJoe Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04326800254526438870noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-36930815214933845292008-04-30T17:40:00.000-04:002008-04-30T17:40:00.000-04:00so .... cable tv is communism?or AT&T is?whuuuaaa?...so .... cable tv is communism?<BR/><BR/>or AT&T is?<BR/><BR/>whuuuaaa???Joe Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326800254526438870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-25289153929356882972008-04-30T11:00:00.000-04:002008-04-30T11:00:00.000-04:00It always amazes me to read from minds of liberals...It always amazes me to read from minds of liberals. Just the sheer entitlement attitude in general. Electronic Communication is a SERVICE, not a right. To equate the right of a municipality to strong arm money and services from any privately owned company versus the right of a consumer to have a choice between service A and service B is wrong. Yet that is the arguement presented. Instead of presenting the truth, that the TRUE monopoly is the Cable TV services supported and encouraged by the local municipalities. After all, when the municipality is receiving kick backs and incentives to keep the cable company the ONLY game in town, why give that up? <BR/><BR/>Yes, BellSouth developed Video Services many years ago, however, it has not until recently been profitable to upgrade the network to handle the vast amount of data. Prime example. Fiber Optics has been around for YEARS... MCI took this technology and ran with it. They dumped millions in upgrading and improving their infrustucture. But alas, too much money, not enough return..... bye bye MCI. Legacy BellSouth grew to have the LARGEST Fiber-optic network in the Nation. It grew as demand grew for more data intensive services grew. AT&T (SBC) is carrying that further. Over 250 million in infrustructure will be spent on TN alone. To argue that a service that YOU do not wish to pay for indivisually should be paid for by others that you deem as able to do so is COMMUNISM. <BR/><BR/>So, the capitalist versus the communist is the true arguement.<BR/><BR/>Also, please make sure that you have a clear understanding for how right of ways and local ordanances are handled before providing intentionally misleading statements meant to scare people. Your local government looses no control over how and and where right of way situations are handled. <BR/><BR/>As for the last sentence of the Member of Academia above.."....and begin the degradation of PEG Access, which has been institutionalized in many communities over the last thirty years of struggle for the right to make Local TV that serves all the People!" is simply marxism run amuck. To imply that there is a right to FORCE privately owned companies to endow a community with a service that it does not PAY for is simply wrong. Furthermore, YOU have the ability, not the RIGHT to "make Local TV that services all the People". If your government is being declined ACCESS to the network (the same access other entities have) then you have a valid arguement, but you are not looking for equality, simply a hand-out.<BR/><BR/>C VEIL<BR/>Communications Consultant<BR/>Independant ContractorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-61509239493867059312008-04-14T13:58:00.000-04:002008-04-14T13:58:00.000-04:00Joe: Thanks for the correction about the ACM TN ...Joe: Thanks for the correction about the ACM TN folks being part of Keep Us Connected TN. However there is yet another correction that needs to be made. The ACM is a national organization in that it represents PEG Access Center around the country but it's name is the Alliance for Community Media not the National Alliance for Community Media. For your readers who would like more information about the ACM or might want to before a member, check out our website, www.ourchannels.org. We have an upcoming National Conference in July in Washington, DC especially so our members and allies can visit their legislators on Capitol Hill to see if we can begin to undo the Telco/Cableco Special Interest legislation that has been passed over the past three by so-called free market legislatures. BTW, the very same Telcos have say they can't apply for local cable franchises without their Special Interest legislation, have in act been able to provide cable TV services since the passage of the Telecom Act of 1996. In fact some of the Baby Bells did but as soon as SBC, now at$t, bought Ameritech, they sold them off since those licenses were negotiation municipality by munipality which did not fit into the SBC/at$t game plan to under cut municipal and county authority to manage their Public Rights of Way and begin the degradation of PEG Access, which has been institutionalized in many communities over the past thirty years of struggle for the right to make Local TV that serves all of the People!<BR/><BR/>Chuck Sherwood<BR/>Principal<BR/>Community Media VisioningAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-23146028821568904182008-04-10T14:20:00.000-04:002008-04-10T14:20:00.000-04:00I am a Intern At wbhs Channel Nine recently we los...I am a Intern At wbhs Channel Nine recently we lost not only a teacher but a friend in mr madison our tv pro teacher,who was strongly aginst the at&t legislation.It is our job as students to preserve the right to learn and have hands on experiance in the feild of broadcast journalism. The rest of this year and next are dedicated to him we have to show the world that the success of wbhs nine is not just because Mr. Madison was there its because of the care love and compassion mr. Madisons students have for broadcasting and the channel they run. So if anyone sees this that can do something please help us Dreams of Americas future are at stake. Channel or not we will continue in Mr.Madisons legaccy but it was his dream to maintain and run wbhs nine and thats just what we plan to doAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com