Re:De Blasio Makes $70M Commitment Toward Universal Broadban...
by chimeracoder on Monday May 04, 2015 @05:16PM
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> It's too bad his plan ignores the monopoly TimeWarner has over service to most of his city's customers.
In many buildings in NYC, that's because TimeWarner provides kickbacks[0] to the management company and/or superintendent to be the exclusive provider of television service for the building[1].
It's illegal (AFAIK) but almost completely unenforced.
[0] Usually in the form of free or discounted service (for their personal cable bill).
[1] If I remember correctly, they specifically do it for television and not phone (or Internet) due to regulation around phone service. However, Verizon no longer installs FiOS to a location if they can't provide TV service to that location, so it amounts to the same thing.
In many buildings in NYC, that's because TimeWarner provides kickbacks[0] to the management company and/or superintendent to be the exclusive provider of television service for the building[1].
It's illegal (AFAIK) but almost completely unenforced.
[0] Usually in the form of free or discounted service (for their personal cable bill).
[1] If I remember correctly, they specifically do it for television and not phone (or Internet) due to regulation around phone service. However, Verizon no longer installs FiOS to a location if they can't provide TV service to that location, so it amounts to the same thing.