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Time Warner Cable Won't Compete, Seeks Legislation

Posted by Soulskill on from the they-sure-seem-to-like-bad-publicity dept.

narramissic writes "The good people of Wilson, NC pay $99/month for 10/10 Mbps internet service, 81 TV channels and telephone service. How'd they manage that, you ask? Well, the city-owned and operated cable service called Greenlight came into being when the City of Wilson approached TWC and local DSL provider Embarq and requested faster service for the area. 'TWC refused the request. And so Greenlight was born,' says blogger Peter Smith. 'Now Time Warner Cable and Embarq are upset that they've got competition, and rather than try to go head to head with Greenlight on price and service, they've instead been lobbying the state government of NC to pass laws to put Greenlight out of business. Apparently they're having some success, as the NC State Senate has proposed bills that would do TWC's bidding.'"

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  1. Total BS by Deflagro · · Score: 3, Funny

    So is this proof that the Gov't is run by Corporations? Like we really didn't already know but come on...

    If all lobbying was eliminated, we might have a semi-fair and equal system but that won't be happening while the politicos keep getting free vacations and money to line their bentleys.

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    1. Re:Total BS by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Funny

      You may be sarcastic, but it does beg the question: Isn't that what we pay those people for? Isn't it their damn job to investigate what to do and what laws to pass? Isn't that basically their only reason to exist, to find out what's "best" for what is considered the common good and act in this manner?

      If they cannot act that way, fire them. Yes, fire them. Out of a cannon if necessary, but they are essentially our employees. If I'm not satisfied with the performance of an employee, I send him packing and hire someone who can do his job.

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    2. Re:Total BS by NormalVisual · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes, fire them. Out of a cannon if necessary

      I'd pay to see that. In fact, that could be a monthly event the community could rally around.

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  2. Re:Convert? by gandhi_2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    go fornicate with goat and our lawyers took care of it

    Now THAT's money well spent!

    captcha: shocker

      shocker

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  3. Re: Convert? by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny

    we told them to go fornicate with goat and our lawyers

    How rude!

    we told them to go fornicate with goat[,] and our lawyers took care of it.

    Oh. I liked the first one better.

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  4. Re:Convert? by geminidomino · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hush. You're cramping his ranty "OMGZ Teh SOZIALIZT COMMIEZ" style...

  5. Re:Hitting the Nail Head... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    How true. I know that all the private companies I ever worked for were more than happy to pay whatever the first supplier to the door asked.
    Shit, do you know how many $850 reams of copy paper we bought before the first salesman died in an overdose of coke and hookers. Luckily, the
    second salesman was a tick slow, he only charged $500/ream and they could actually afford to pay my salary after that.

  6. Re: Convert? by tacarat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, you're both wrong regarding the spirit of the post. Black Parrot is assuming that it's impossible to find a goat willing to fornicate with TWC. Let me reassure you, Black Parrot, that there are goats out there that will do the task. I'm not saying they won't feel dirty after the fact, but they do have kids to feed.

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