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By a unanimous vote, the FCC recently voted to ban exclusivity contracts for cable television in multi-dwelling apartment buildings. Many downtowners subscribe to cable TV and their condo boards or landlords have been held captive because of the original deal struck between the developer and the cable TV provider to wire the building’s cable infrastructure. In exchange, the cable provider was given all the cable TV business for a number of years. The FCC ruling changes the situation instantly as it applies to both future and existing contracts. I still can’t get my FIOS TV but now the landlord has more options including saying no to cable systems.
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Outstanding. Competition always benefits the customer. Flashes of brilliance in government is random but appreciated.
I know the Lafayette was a part of that prison. Gimmie FIOS!! But wouldn’t they have to run fiber throughout the building ?
As far as FiOS is concerned, maybe they’re taking a measured approach to see if it takes off in the suburbs before committing downtown.
Good ruling by the FCC though. Those limited choice contracts were bogus.
Now if my apartment would only install a central antenna for the building I could get OTA HDTV and ditch Comcast once and for all!
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The WaPo link isn’t working for me – is it a link to this article?: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/31/AR2007103101594.html?sub=AR