Time Warner Cable Won't Compete, Seeks Legislation

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.'"

Comments

Re:So they have two Cables running in parallel?

[penguinstorm]

Say it loud brother!

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by speed of their internet connections.

Let 50Mb/s bandwidth ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

Let 50Mb/s bandwidth ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

Let 50Mb/s bandwidth ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.

Let 50Mb/s bandwidth ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.

Fast at last! Fast at last!

Thank God Almighty, we are downloading at 50Mb/s at last!