One thing that never comes up in these discussions is that the origin of cable television back in 1948 was CATV - Community Access TV. It came about because isolated communities couldn't receive over the air television signals due to geographic limitations, e.g. being in a valley on the other side from the "major" network antennas. The community banded together and built an antenna that could receive the signal then transmitted it via a cable to the citizens who paid for it.
I'm willing to let Comcast, et al, continue to have a monopoly in an area as long as they are willing to pay back the billions of dollars of access rights they were granted to run their cables along the right of way...
How cable TV started
One thing that never comes up in these discussions is that the origin of cable television back in 1948 was CATV - Community Access TV. It came about because isolated communities couldn't receive over the air television signals due to geographic limitations, e.g. being in a valley on the other side from the "major" network antennas. The community banded together and built an antenna that could receive the signal then transmitted it via a cable to the citizens who paid for it.
I'm willing to let Comcast, et al, continue to have a monopoly in an area as long as they are willing to pay back the billions of dollars of access rights they were granted to run their cables along the right of way...
Obviously the bill will be called FBI Encryption Access Required